by CORAL Magazine | Oct 16, 2020 | Marine
Scientists compile new evidence that atolls are formed by cyclic changes in sea level South Keeling Island, one of 27 atolls in the Indian Ocean’s Cocos Islands, as seen from NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite on July 31, 2009. Image credit: NOAA. via Rice University...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 15, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
The CORAL GHOSTS documentary, premiering now. Documentary film Coral Ghosts reveals the destruction of reefs over the last 60 years via Take Action FilmsToronto – For more than half a century, the world’s coral reefs have been steadily dying from pollution,...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 11, 2020 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
PROTULA MAGNIFICAMagnificent Feather Duster or Coco WormThis large serpulid feather-duster has a hard, calcareous tube that can reach about 1 cm in diameter. One characteristic of worms in the genus Protula is that, unlike most serpulids, they lack an operculum to...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 10, 2020 | Marine
CORAL Magazine Mystery Specimen. Image: Nick Neumann/Quality Marine. A sneak preview from the REEF VISIONS feature in the November/December CORAL, edited by Matt Pedersen. Hint: This is considered a choice hardy enough even for a relative newcomer to reefkeeping—but...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 10, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
Some of the 400 coral fragments that were created by attendees at the launch of the One Million Coral Planting Project, held by Fiji’s Ministry of Fisheries in celebration of Fiji Day and the 50th anniversary of Fijian independence from colonial rule. The...
