News You May Missed
Some stories you may have missed over Christmas….
US Customs and Border Protection chides Resorts World Bimini
New Research: The impact of sea level rise on 10 insular biodiversity hotspots.
10 insular Biodiversity hotspots investigated in this study. Numbers indicate the number of islands included in the study from each region. A total of 4450 islands! Figure taken from Bellard et al […]
Extreme Weather Events at a Minimum in 2013
Article here. More thoughts in previous posts here and here.
I am not sayin', but just sayin' (more musings about climate change)
From the Economist article linked below
I’ve been traveling in England to serve as examiner for a Ph.D. defense,
but back up and running now. Gave me a lot of time to read up on
the sextennial Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
(the official press […]
BBC story on the fate of coral reefs.
The Great Barrier reef off the east coast of Australia.
The BBC reports on the future of Coral Reefs. Worth a quick read.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23773672
Mangrove forests: The United Nations cares and tells you why.
Global distribution of Mangrove forests. Note their very limited distribution and extent.
Mangrove forests are one of the most productive ecosystems on the planet. They are also one of the smallest and most threatened. A new (and short) […]
Green Energy Conversion?
Tribune story today here. And saw another news story of interest today,
this one on the Andros-based Agriculture and Marine Science Institute that
is in development.
Could Deforestation Trump Climate Change Impacts on Coral Reefs at Small Scales?
The flux of sediments to reefs begins in the uplands
A recently published article in Nature Communications uses a land-use modeling exercise to address how future deforestation interacts with climate change to affect sedimentation rates on coastal reefs in Madagascar. In summary they find that while […]
Stromatolites, thrombolites and foraminifera
An ancient geology enigma solved using data collected from Highborne Cay. Be
forewarned – for geologist’s eyes only.
Coral Reef Resilience & Recovery in the Indian Ocean
While coral reefs are undoubtedly declining worldwide, a growing body of research on coral reefs is revealing that coral reef ecosystems can be remarkably resilient to the myriad anthropogenic agents that threaten them. The few cases that show evidence of resilience are therefore incredibly important for understanding, 1) what factors […]