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Additionally, newer and better detection methods are needed for microplastics [41] and they must be installed at waste water treatment facilities [42] to prevent these particles from entering the marine environment and causing damage to marine life, especially coral reefs. Many people are realizing the problem of plastic pollution and other ...
[14] [15] Coral reefs are microbially driven ecosystems that rely on marine microorganisms to retain and recycle nutrients in order to thrive in oligotrophic waters. However, these same microorganisms can also trigger feedback loops that intensify declines in coral reefs, with cascading effects across biogeochemical cycles and marine food webs ...
Deep-water coral Paragorgia arborea and a Coryphaenoides fish at a depth of 1,255 m (4,117 ft) on the Davidson Seamount. The habitat of deep-water corals, also known as cold-water corals, extends to deeper, darker parts of the oceans than tropical corals, ranging from near the surface to the abyss, beyond 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) where water temperatures may be as cold as 4 °C (39 °F).
Vulnerable coral reefs are victims of heat stress. And, if there’s a canary in the coal mines for Florida’s hot oceans, it’s the coral reefs that fringe the southeast coast and the Florida Keys.
An anchor chain from the vessel damaged nearly 14,000 square feet, or about 80 percent, of reef near two scuba diving sites in the West Bay. ... The damage to the coral, which is vital for marine ...
Dec. 15—State and federal dive teams up righted 180 coral colonies and finished field assessments on the scope of impacts to coral in Kaneohe Bay this week, after a U.S. Navy aircraft overshot ...
Despite this interest, the deep depths of such reefs hinders both their discovery and their exploration. Coral reefs struggle to survive in the world today. "In the past 10 years the world has lost 25% of the known living coral reefs". [3] Coral reefs are particularly damaged by "…climate change, over fishing and coastal pollution". [3]
The oil slick as seen from space by NASA's Terra satellite on 24 May 2010. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been described as the worst environmental disaster in the United States, releasing about 4.9 million barrels (210 million US gal; 780,000 m 3) of crude oil making it the largest marine oil spill in history.