Reef News
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A tourist who was snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef was shocked when he lifted his head from the water and found the tour boat had left him on his own.
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An ancient reef found in the South Pacific may help scientists determine how coral could be damaged if sea temperatures rise.
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A research team working out of the University of Washington has found the second colony of reef building glass sponges off the Washington coast. The primary food source in this ecosystem is methane gas.
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Approximately two million tires were dumped off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in the 1970s, in an effort to create an artificial reef. Thirty years later the Army, Navy and Coast Guard have combined efforts to begin removing the tires.
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Florida--What started out to be a massive man-made reef, completely made out of old tires, has turned into an ecological disaster. The tires have begun to move around, causing damage to nearby a coral reef, as well as getting washed onto the beaches.
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The future of fishing villages on Ranogga Island is uncertain. A massive quake shifted the island and left coral reefs exposed and dying, killing off the island's main food source.
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A leaked portion of a report from the United Nations regarding climate change warns that the Great Barrier Reef and snow in the southeatern alps of Australia are in jeopardy.
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A Unesco team arrives in Australia to investigate possible damage to the Great Barrier Reef by the mining industry.
The captain and navigation officer of a cargo ship which ploughed into a reef off New Zealand last October plead guilty to several charges.
A UN team has arrived in Australia to investigate possible damage to the Great Barrier Reef by the mining industry.
 A 38-year-old violinist from Hungary has been identified as the first confirmed death in the grounding of the Costa Concordia cruise ship on a reef off the Italian coast.
A Great Barrier Reef pearlfish is filmed by the BBC living inside a sea cucumber's bottom. Where are some of the other strange places that fish live?
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A Starfish resting on an eco-friendly reef created by Great Burial Reef Company
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Reef Blogs
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Hosts Jim Gordon and Darren Parkman of "The Travel Guys" have interviewed the biggest stars in the world - including...
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The British Petroleum (BP) deep-sea oil well has finally quit spewing as their latest cap was successful, but the clean...
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Out in the wide world of commercial travel, cruising is enjoying a revival. Buoyed by the new wave of gigantic,...
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VOC Zuytdorp Shipwrecked in Australia Holland, 1 August 1711 The ship was massive, one of the flagships of the...
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