In
other shocking news, officials in Kuwait have announced that about 90 % of
corals in their territorial waters are dead or dying; the first Hourglass Dolphin found in more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to
kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexico.
Detailed and repeated monitoring revealed that a combination of bleaching and
other disease outbreaks
killed coral colonies stressed by high temperatures [12], [14], [15].
The bill states that the chemicals
kill developing
coral, increase
coral bleaching and cause «genetic damage to
coral and
other marine organisms...» More...
The
others killed were Scott Beigel, 35,
Coral Springs; Martin Duque Anguiano, 14, Parkland; Nicholas Dworet, 17,
Coral Springs; Aaron Feis, 37,
Coral Springs; Jamie Guttenberg, 14, Parkland; Chris Brent Hixon, 49, Hollywood; Luke Hoyer, 15, Parkland; Cara Loughran, 14,
Coral Springs; Gina Montalto, 14, Parkland; Joaquin Oliver, 17,
Coral Springs; Alaina Petty, 14, Parkland; Helena Ramsay, 17,
Coral Springs; Alex Schachter, 14,
Coral Springs; Carmen Marie Schentrup, 16, Parkland; and Peter Wang, 15, Parkland.