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Leila Fujimori
Source: The Honolulu Star Advertiser
September 2, 2010

Native sea urchins�cows of the sea�and an underwater vacuuming system dubbed the "Super Sucker" might be the answer to saving Hawaii's coral reefs from alien algae, which smother them.

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Source: ScienceDaily
August 31, 2010

Coral reefs are sensitive to climate change and track sea level. New observations show that an extensive coral reef existed in the southern Pacific Ocean thousands of years ago. Woodroffe et al. used multi-beam sonar, coring, and dating to examine a relict reef discovered in water about 20-25 meters (65-82 feet) deep around Lord Howe Island in the southern Pacific Ocean.

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Source: UPI
August 30, 2010

Palm Beach, FL – A rare series of cold-water upwellings from the deep ocean has severely damaged coral reefs in Florida already stressed by pollution, scientists say.

The blasts of cold water hit the reefs in July, fatally bleaching large areas of coral, already under siege from sewage, fertilizers, pesticides and algae, The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post reported.

Much of the damage hit staghorn coral, an endangered species.

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Curtis Morgan
Source: The Miami Herald
August 26, 2010

There's a turf war going on under the warm waters off the Florida Keys, a battle for no less than dominance of dying coral reef tracts.

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Fidelis E. Satriastanti
Source: The Jakarta Globe
August 25, 2010

Jakarta, Indonesia – Coral bleaching, which was found to have occurred at an alarming rate in waters off Aceh, is happening throughout the archipelago, an environmentalist group says.

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Source: ScienceDaily
August 25, 2010

Coral living off the coast of Puerto Rico may provide researchers valuable information about the potential impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

University of Central Florida biologist John Fauth, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists and non-governmental agencies are studying the threatened Elkhorn Coral in the Vega Baja area of Puerto Rico.

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Source: The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
August 24, 2010

Tiny corals face shocking losses when first they settle on reefs, making the full complexity and wonder of the mature coral reef all the more remarkable.

Research by Australian and French scientists has thrown new light on coral's dangerous infancy and childhood, in the quest to better understand how coral reefs can re-establish, at a time when they face multiplying threats worldwide.

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Source: Fijivillage
August 23, 2010

What seems to be an easy source of making a living for some is having a detrimental effect on our environment and our marine life.

Fijivillage has witnessed that corals extracted from the Suva Harbour and the Beqa waters are being sold along the Highway between Suva and Navua.

We have also established that these coral extractions are illegal.

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Gary T. Kubota
Source: The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
August 21, 2010 

Honolulu, HI – Federal marine scientists are watching for a potential high level of coral die-off because of a rise in temperature in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands�an area that has the highest rate of species found nowhere else in the world.

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Audrey McAvoy
Source: The Associated Press
August 21, 2010

Pearl Harbor, HI –  Scientists returning from a 30-day research expedition to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands found what they believe are 10 new species of coral.

Researchers returned to Oahu on Friday from the remote string of atolls that make up the largest conservation area in the country, the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.

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