Sentences with phrase «produced by coral»

The scientists measured changes over time in the amount of manganese in the skeletons produced by coral growing since the 1890s.

The Calera process essentially mimics marine cement, which is produced by coral when making their shells and reefs, taking the calcium and magnesium in seawater and using it to form carbonates at normal temperatures and pressures.

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Canada does not exist, it is the north American coral reefs that produces noxious gasses that are reflected by the sun to produce the illusions of land, people, and animals.

Each venomous snake species produces a unique venom, a mixture of around 50 - 200 toxic proteins and protein fragments that co-evolve with the typical prey of the snake, such as the smaller reptiles eaten by the eastern coral snake or the rodents preferred by rattlesnakes.

The algae produce food by photosynthesis, and the coral protects them.

Unpublished work by Gates, led by the University of Hawaii's Hollie Putnam, shows that adult cauliflower corals (Pocillopora damicornis) exposed to stress during brooding produce larvae with increased resilience to heat and ocean acidification.

The 18 winning entries announced Thursday include a biolfilm imaging technigue that conveys the growth of bacteria; a photograph of micro-scale flows produced by reef - building corals; and a photo of microscopic plant hairs.

In healthy coral reef ecosystems, concentrations of ammonia — a toxic waste product produced by most animals — are close to zero.

Handbook produced by the GEF Coral Reef Targeted Research (CRTR) Program, includes research undertaken by Centre researcher Professor Bette Willis and others.

Reef breaks are produced by a wave breaking over rocks or coral, enough said.

Here crystal clear water meets these sands which are protected from the swells of the Indian Ocean by offshore reefs producing warm lagoons with flat water and plenty of colorful coral to see whilst snorkeling.

The report, prepared over three years by 90 experts, was produced by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the United Nations Environment Program (news release).

The potential consequences of warming include widespread famine, triggered by extreme drought in the major grain - producing areas of the world; the wholesale disappearance of the world's coral reefs; and sea levels rising by several meters over the course of a few centuries.»

Specimens of elkhorn coral living in water with excess carbon dioxide have been studied for fertilization rates, ability of larvae to settle on reef substrate (where they produce new corals), and subsequent growth and survival.3 Three levels of carbon dioxide were tested, corresponding to concentrations today, at mid-century, and at the end of the century on a high - emissions path.3, 5 At the mid-century concentration, the ability of fertilization to occur and for larvae to settle successfully on the reef was significantly reduced: around 52 percent, and the decline intensified to about 73 percent at the late - century concentration.3 The corals» ability to survive over the long run declined as well, by an average of 39 percent and 50 percent respectively.3, 4

A report by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization shows that coral reefs are responsible for producing 17 percent of all globally consumed protein, with that ratio being 70 percent or greater in island and coastal countries like those of Micronesia.

When atmospheric carbon dioxide is absorbed into the ocean, it reacts to produce carbonic acid, increasing the acidity of seawater and diminishing the amount of a key building block (carbonate) used by marine species like shellfish and corals to make their shells and skeletons.

In data produced exclusively for the Guardian by Mark Eakin, head of Coral Reef Watch at Noaa, we can now reveal exactly how stressful ocean temperatures have been increasing on the Great Barrier Reef over the 34 years that satellite data has been available.

In addition to altering marine food webs, iron fertilization could produce greenhouse gases more potent than carbon dioxide, such as nitrous oxide and methane, or block sunlight needed by deep coral reefs.

According to Jones, a substance produced by thriving coral reefs seed clouds leading to precipitation in a long - standing natural process that is coming under threat due to climate change.