About 34.42 pct of Bali`s coral reefs damaged

"Denpasar (ANTARA News) - About 34.41 percent of Bali`s coral reefs spreading over an area of 65.08 square kilometers has been destroyed or damaged, Bali Governor Dewa Beratha said."Besides, 27.38 percent of coral reef wealth has died," the governor said in a written address...

Electricity Revives Bali Coral Reefs

"Electricity revives Bali coral reefs By JOSEPH COLEMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER photo A reporter inspects corals growing on a metal structures submerged by conservationists and fed by electrical cables linked to the shoreline, in Pemuteran bay, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday,...

ASEAN issues declaration on sustainable environment management

"The document also mentions to intensify joint research in creating and developing low-emission technology. ASEAN and in every member country took concrete measures to promote alternative energy like solar, hydro, wind, bio mass and bio energy as well as thermal energy. In...

Japan to grow coral reefs in territorial dispute with China

I might be a bot slow today, but what has growing coral got to do with strengthening claims on Territorial waters?more"Officials in Japan have launched an innovative project to create new coral reefs to back Japan’s claim to territorial waters contested by China.  Six...

Quake lifts Solomons island metres from the sea

The force of last week's Solomons earthquake has lifted an island in the South Pacific archipelago and pushed out its shoreline by tens of metres, exposing surrounding reefs. The remote island of Ranongga in the western Solomon Islands used to have submerged coral reefs that...

They Walk Among Us

"As the red scare Sci-Fi movie healdlines of the fifties would say. Imagine this 'Walking Shark' Among 50 New Marine Species Found Off Indonesia's Papua Province"

ENVIRONMENT: Ailing Reefs Face New Threat of Acidity

Climate change is making the world's oceans more acidic, seriously endangering marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

climate change is with us -- a decade ago it was conjecture

To stabilise atmospheric CO2 concentrations, CO2 emissions need to be cut by 70 to 80 percent.