A World Heritage Site and amazingly one of the Seven Wonders of the World sits over one-hundred and fifty feet below the surface off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef visible from space, encompasses over one-hundred thousand…
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A reef is a rock formation in the sea that approaches the surface of the water, and a coral is a tiny animal that spends its adult life anchored in place and often grows in colonies. The adult animal secretes…
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Minerals can be defined as solid chemical substances, which have their own chemical characteristics, atomic structures and physical properties. They can be found everywhere in the world and their formation is dependent upon natural biogeochemical processes. However, it is only…
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Corals are small living organisms found in the oceans around the world. They attach to firm surfaces and then produce a calcium carbonate exoskeleton. They are communal organisms that live in huge colonies such as the Great Barrier Reef off…
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Biomimetics is the science of producing technology that mimics nature, brought about because science has long recognized that nature already holds the answers it’s members seek. Like building ship hulls by recreating the structure of shark’s skin, science is the…
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In man’s valiant effort to save the earth’s coral reefs he will in turn be saving himself. These reefs are the globe’s largest living ecosystems. This bio-diverse community under the sea is a unique culture, surviving in symbiotic relationships all…
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Commonly considered bright and coulourful the shallow water corals are what most imagine in the warm sunny waters and white sandy beaches of the Tropics, but surprisingly coral can and does also live in dark deep seas in almost freezing…
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Climate change is creating an imbalance in the globe’s reef ecosystems and causing harmful stress resulting in damaging Coral Bleaching. This discoloration of the coral occurs when the photosynthetic pigments decline and the coral becomes pale with their skeletons shows…
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Corals have always been under attack by Mother Nature, but they have also always been able to withstand these threats. Now, however, corals may be becoming more susceptible to natural threats as human activity creates additional stressors that weaken the…
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Many devastating threats exist for the survival of the Earth’s coral reefs including the greatest threat being the negative social by-products of man himself. As a result of human mismanagement the oceans are suffering from global warming and increased sea…
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