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41. Forgotten freshwater: lake acidification: (Water); ... absorbed in seawater. The impacts of the acidification have been well studied, especially around organisms such as shellfish and corals. Meanwhile, surprisingly little is known about increases in carbon ...; Created on 06 March 2018
42. On ancient land: hiking West Australia: (Explorers); ... me, an entire hillside densely covered in puffy, round wattle blooms as far as the eye can see. Every day the forest has offered a new species – white clematis, deep purple native wisteria, or coral vine ...; Created on 05 March 2018
43. Into the blue: (Oceans); ... of black corals, including species not seen before in Bermuda, 100 square miles of seabed mapped, and a combined global audience of 750 million – when all the mission’s media coverage and publicity were ...; Created on 27 February 2018
44. Belize's blue period: (Oceans); ... of environmentalism, some scientists are sceptical about the benefit to corals. John Bruno, marine biologist and at the University of North Carolina and expert on the Belize reefs emphasises the danger ...; Created on 24 February 2018
45. Screen saver: eco-friendly sun protection: (Oceans); ... and Industrial Research Organisation suggested that natural filters mimicking the way corals protect themselves from high UV levels could potentially be harnessed as a natural filter for human skin. New ...; Created on 07 February 2018
46. A grand Antarctic sanctuary: (Wildlife); ... of the Weddell Sea in submersibles. By identifying new species and Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) on the seafloor, including rare corals and sponges, it hopes to provide further evidence for the need ...; Created on 25 January 2018
47. Coral reefs have no time to recover ...: (Oceans); Coral bleaching is widespread around the globe and as it becomes an increasingly frequently occurrence, our ocean’s reefs are heading towards a point of no return ‘In the 1980s, the gap was 25 years. ...; Created on 08 January 2018
48. Travels with the Director: (Exhibitions); ... Nyungwe Forest of Rwanda, we travel to the diverse marine life of the Ningaloo coral reef, Western Australia, and a soberingly poignant journey through the crumbly yet beautiful architecture of Libya. ...; Created on 08 December 2017
49. Threatened heritage: the climate risk: (Climate); ... of these sites were threatened by climate change. Just three years later, this number has rapidly escalated, with at least sixty-two now indicated to be at risk. Predictably, coral reefs feature especiall ...; Created on 06 December 2017
50. Mapping coral ...: (Oceans); Knowing where past coral reefs existed is a crucial component in understanding the health of existing reefs, and hypothesising which ones will still exist in the future Centuries-old nautical charts, ...; Created on 13 November 2017

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