#reefs — Public Fediverse posts

We have #seedBanks to archive and protect our #naturalHeritage on land. But more and more #seaLife is endangered globally. Inside Australia's biobanks with their ocean species: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/04/marine-biobanks-protect-ocean-species

"“Less than 1% of historical #reefs remain,” Overton says. “They’re definitely one of the most imperilled marine ecosystems that we have here in Australia.” From #reef restoration to #kelp or #seagrass #conservation.

#ecosystem #MeerMittwoch #sea #oceanConservation #marineEcology #Australia

The rise and expansion of reef systems in the Indo-Pacific during the warm and CO2 high Miocene (and decline in the aftermath) will never stop being puzzling to me. Now we have evidence that it also had the biodiversity effects expected.

Link: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec7264

#reefs #Miocene #biodiversity #paleontology

Strategic co-location of blue carbon #ecosystems (#BCEs ) such as #mangroves and #seagrasses with #coral #reefs creates a synergistic environment that enhances the restoration and resilience of both #marine systems.
#Ecology #Environmental #EarthScience #MarineEcology #SustainabilityScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/eco02092601.html

Clown Fish Coral....NEW for all fish and nature lovers!

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/clown-fish-coral-beach-art-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #fediart #mastoart #seashell #seashells #beach #beaches #beachy #beachhouse #coastal #coastalliving #sea #sealife #seas #ocean #oceans #oceanlife #nature #naturelover #blue #homedecor #interiordecor #interiors #interiordesign #SharonCummingsArt #buyintoart #coral #coralreef #reef #reefing #reefs #reefer #reeftank

‘Ticking timebomb’: #sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire #ecosystems
#OceanAcidification has crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say.
Ocean acidification, called "evil twin" of #climatecrisis, is caused when #carbondioxide is absorbed by ocean, where it reacts with water molecules leading to a fall in #pH of #seawater. It damages #coral #reefs and other #ocean habitats and, in extreme cases, can dissolve the shells.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/09/sea-acidity-ecosystems-ocean-acidification-planetary-health-scientists

The Hawaiian Drowned #Reefs expedition was one of the coolest things #IODP did before the program ended. Now all the site reports and core descriptions are online.
(And I just need to get around to reading them)

... still sad I didn't get to join it.

Link: http://publications.iodp.org/proceedings/389/389title.html

#Biden-#Harris Administration, #NOAA designate 3rd-largest national marine sanctuary
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/biden-harris-administration-noaa-designate-3rd-largest-national-marine-sanctuary

"#Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary (including #KelpForests, rocky #reefs, sandy beaches, underwater mountains and more than 200 #shipwrecks) to be managed with #tribal, #Indigenous community involvement... With this designation, the administration has now conserved more than 45 million acres of lands and waters."

#USpol #Conservation #Harris2024 #California #MPAs #Kelp

The world’s fourth mass #CoralBleaching is underway, but well-connected #reefs may have a better chance to recover https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-fourth-mass-coral-bleaching-is-underway-but-well-connected-reefs-may-have-a-better-chance-to-recover-230755

"#Corals remain healthier and recover faster if they are surrounded by #fish that eat different types of #seaweed, such as #parrotfish, #surgeonfish and #rabbitfish. #SeaCucumbers also are important reef partners. They feed on #bacteria and other organic materials in ocean sediments, cleaning up the area around #CoralReefs."

Some #Caribbean #parrotfishes find benthic #CyanobacterialMats particularly tasty https://oceanbites.org/some-caribbean-parrotfishes-find-benthic-cyanobacterial-mats-particularly-tasty/

Preferential consumption of benthic cyanobacterial mats by Caribbean parrotfishes https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-023-02404-5

"this research shows that #parrotfish grazing may help control the overgrowth of #benthic #cyanobacteria mats in #reefs, providing further support that parrotfishes are critical components of #reef ecosystems"

#fish #bacteria #microbes #CoralReefs #BacterialMats

A recent review has shown that farming #coral fragments from few species cannot restore #coralreef ecosystems, which is a complex system. We need to #protect these systems in order to avoid their #extinction

#Conservation #greatbarrierreef #reefs #ecology #MarineSciece #oceanography #Australia #JCU

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.04.008

#DEIJ #DEIJA in #geosciences #scicomm #seagrass #saltmarsh #intertidal #rockyintertidal #mangroves #wetlands #reefs #benthic #plankton #fish #fisheries #aquaculture #marineinvertebrates #marineinverts #science #coast #estuary #ocean #oceans #sea #seas #sealevelrise #climatechange #aquaticscience #aquaticecology #coastaladaptation #coastalresilience #coastalrestoration #coastalerosion #coastalmanagement #coastalzone #climateadaptation #climateresilience #restoration #CERF #RisingTIDES