Coral Reef Alliance: Roundup!

Lets see what our friends at CRA found newsworthy, in this edition of Roundup!

• Taiwan Coral Reefs ‘Turn Black’ with Disease: it seems like humans race did it again. A study found that toxic sewage waste was deposited into the ocean near the islands of Chen Chao-lun causing obvious acidification of the nearby coral reef. More can be found here..
• Beating Poverty Could Save Coral Reef Fish: according to the reports made by researchers near the West Indian Ocean, poverty plays a huge role in overfishing. It would make sense as every person tries to survive by any means necessary. I just hope we interject and show them how they all can benefit if they all work together, rather against each other. The rest of the article could be found here.
• The Tiny, Slimy Savior of Coral Reefs: Andrew Baker, a scientist at Miami’s RSMAS, has engaged in a project that will try to show how the symbiotic relationship between the polyps and the zooanthellae (definition) can withstand higher temperatures of heat. Very interesting stuff.

As always, please support our friends at CRA. They do a lot of good around the world to help our reefs. You can click on the link on our side panel (under conservation links).  We can all help one step at a time!