http://www.mail.com/subjects/47714-coral-reefs.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/47714-coral-reefs.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters. The "Caribbean Challenge" calls for special protected zones along... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:15:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html 2013-05-18T01:15:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2019900-boat-filled-with-protected-species-hits-coral-reef.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Chinese boat that ran into a coral reef in the southwestern Philippines held evidence of even more environmental destruction inside: more than 10,000 kilograms (22,000 pounds) of meat from a protected species, the pangolin or scaly anteater. The steel-hulled vessel hit an atoll on April 8 at the Tubbataha National Marine Park,... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:17:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2019900-boat-filled-with-protected-species-hits-coral-reef.html 2013-04-16T00:17:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1917272-coral-comeback-reef-seeding-caribbean.html ORACABESSA BAY, Jamaica (AP) — Mats of algae and seaweed have shrouded the once thick coral in shallow reefs off Jamaica's north coast. Warm ocean waters have bleached out the coral, and in a cascade of ecological decline, the sea urchins and plant-eating reef fish have mostly vanished, replaced by snails and worms that bore through coral skeletons. Now, ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:57:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1917272-coral-comeback-reef-seeding-caribbean.html 2013-02-26T20:57:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831664-us-navy-ship-stuck-philippines-used-faulty-map.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An inaccurate map that mislocated a marine sanctuary may have caused a U.S. Navy minesweeper to run aground on a coral reef in the Philippines this week, the Navy said Saturday All 79 officers and crew of the USS Guardian were taken off the ship for safety reasons after it struck the reef with its bow at 2 a.m. Thursday. The Nav... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831664-us-navy-ship-stuck-philippines-used-faulty-map.html 2013-01-19T10:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1829050-crew-leaves-us-navy-ship-stuck-philippines.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Most of the sailors on a U.S. Navy minesweeper that struck a coral reef in the Philippines left the ship Friday for safety reasons after initial efforts to free the vessel failed, the Navy said. The ship ran aground Thursday while in transit through the Tubbataha National Marine Park, a coral sanctuary in the Sulu Sea, 640 kilom... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1829050-crew-leaves-us-navy-ship-stuck-philippines.html 2013-01-18T06:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1736008-wish-islam-would-inform-climate-debate.html DOHA, Qatar (AP) — At Friday prayers in Qatar's most popular mosque, the imam discussed the civil war in Syria, the unrest in Egypt and the U.N. endorsement of an independent state of Palestine. Not a word about climate change, even though the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar is hosting a U.N. conference where nearly 200 countries are trying to forge a join... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1736008-wish-islam-would-inform-climate-debate.html 2012-12-01T08:19:00Z