declined 14 percent on the Great Barrier Reef between 1990 and 2005. Ocean acidification seems to affect corals' ability to produce new colonies as well. Corals can, in effect, clone themselves ...

For example, corals are growing about 16 percent slower than in the 1990s in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Near-future levels of ocean acidification could become corrosive enough to erode the shells ...

Rising atmospheric carbon levels as a result of global warming is making waters around the Great Barrier Reef acidic at a higher than expected rate. Ocean acidification occurs when excess carbon ...

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most unique and diverse ... The report also states that the reef is under threat from the effects of ocean acidification, which is caused by the absorption ...

Not far beneath the surface of the Coral Sea, where the Great Barrier ... to changing ocean acidity, says Veron, who paints a particularly bleak picture of the Barrier Reef's future.

The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia ... and the same goes for the surrounding corals. Ocean acidification is the "reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time ...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is home to a tremendous array of endangered species, some found nowhere else in the world. Renowned for its beautiful corals and water clarity, the reef was listed by ...

SEE ALSO: Great Barrier Reef may perish by 2030s as ocean temperatures skyrocket, study finds For this survey, researchers from the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies took to the air ...

An aerial view of Vlassof Cay in the Great Barrier Reef, Nov. 14 ... in 2016" after a brief battle with global warming and ocean acidification. The article stoked sadness and finger-pointing ...

Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg describes the Great ... and ocean acidification - both are ultimately linked to anthropogenic (human-induced) high CO2 levels in the Earth’s atmosphere. Reef death ...

The Great Barrier ... stress and acidification are essential for adapting to changing conditions. Public Awareness Campaigns: Educating the public about the importance of the reef and how they ...