Men i Stillehavet trives korallene som aldri før.
"In a massive project spanning 56 islands, researchers examined 450 coral reef locations from Hawaii to American Samoa, with stops in the remote Line and Phoenix islands as well as the Mariana Archipelago. Their results â?? published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B â?? show that coral reefs surrounding remote islands were dramatically healthier than those in populated areas that were subject to a variety of human influences."
"There are still coral reefs on this planet that are incredibly healthy and probably look the way they did 1,000 years ago," said study leader Jennifer Smith, a professor at Scripps' Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation.
"The scientists were practically in tears when we saw some of these reefs," she added. "We've never experienced anything like it in our lives. It was an almost religious experience."
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-coral-reef-health-20160324-story.html
Andre forskere har angivelig til og med funnet plasser der Stillehavet består av syre, (hvilket er en umulighet) og hvor korallene likevel trives.
"A College of Geosciences researcher and her colleagues have found healthy coral reefs in highly acidic ocean waters. "The reefs appear to be thriving, and we want to understand why," says Kathryn Shamberger, assistant professor of oceanography."
http://geonews.tamu.edu/news/2015/06/coral-reefs-are-thriving.php
"In a massive project spanning 56 islands, researchers examined 450 coral reef locations from Hawaii to American Samoa, with stops in the remote Line and Phoenix islands as well as the Mariana Archipelago. Their results â?? published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B â?? show that coral reefs surrounding remote islands were dramatically healthier than those in populated areas that were subject to a variety of human influences."
"There are still coral reefs on this planet that are incredibly healthy and probably look the way they did 1,000 years ago," said study leader Jennifer Smith, a professor at Scripps' Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation.
"The scientists were practically in tears when we saw some of these reefs," she added. "We've never experienced anything like it in our lives. It was an almost religious experience."
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-coral-reef-health-20160324-story.html
Andre forskere har angivelig til og med funnet plasser der Stillehavet består av syre, (hvilket er en umulighet) og hvor korallene likevel trives.
"A College of Geosciences researcher and her colleagues have found healthy coral reefs in highly acidic ocean waters. "The reefs appear to be thriving, and we want to understand why," says Kathryn Shamberger, assistant professor of oceanography."
http://geonews.tamu.edu/news/2015/06/coral-reefs-are-thriving.php