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Coral jewellery trade threatens reefs
	24 July 2008 Coral reef experts meeting in Florida last week said rising global temperatures and increases in ocean acidity are threatening to wipe out a third of the world's coral species by 2050.

New Coral Bleaching Prediction System
	23 July 2008 A new NOAA coral bleaching prediction system indicates that there will be some bleaching in the Caribbean later this year...

No-fishing zones studied
	22 July 2008 Reeling in a 45-pound grouper used to be just an average day on the water in the Florida Keys.

More help urged for Hawaii's reef systems
	21 July 2008 More and larger marine conservation areas and stronger enforcement of fishing regulations are needed to protect Hawaii's endangered coral reefs and fish populations, scientists say.

St Abbs leads the way
	20 July 2008 St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve has been very successful in balancing conservation of marine life with economic growth for the past 24 years

Europe's first artificial reef
	19 July 2008 Marine life off the South Coast is set to be enriched by Europe's first artificial surf reef, construction of which began today.

Territorial waters
	18 July 2008 Conservation and economic growth tend to be difficult bedfellows, yet fishermen, environmentalists and renewable-energy generators have all welcomed the proposals for a Marine Bill for Scotland.

Sea die-out blamed on volcanoes
	17 July 2008 Undersea volcanic activity has been blamed for a mass extinction in the seas 93 million years ago.

Victory for Scotsman to safeguard seas
	16 July 2008 Scotland's seas today – marking a significant victory for The Scotsman's "Save Our Seas" campaign.

'Alarming' plight of coral reefs
	15 July 2008 A third of the world's reef-building coral species are facing extinction. That is the stark conclusion from the first global study to assess the extinction risks of corals.

Japan charges Greenpeace for 'whale theft'
	14 July 2008 Environmental group Greenpeace said on Friday two of its activists had been charged with stealing a box of whale meat while conducting a covert operation into suspected cases of embezzlement.

New Southern Atlantic Reef System
	13 July 2008 Scientists announced the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state.

Experts tag jellyfish for study
	12 July 2008 Scientists are tagging jellyfish to study their role in marine life off the Welsh and Irish coasts. Although consisting of 98% water and some being the size of dustbin lids, biologists say they are "tough, robust animals", making tagging possible.

Danger to coral reefs
	11 July 2008 Like a tooth dipped in a glass of Coca-Cola, coral reefs, lobsters and other marine creatures could soon dissolve as climate change turns the oceans increasingly acidic.

Battle to save Cambodian dolphin
	10 July 2008 Sun Mao leans forward in the boat, shades his eyes with his hand, and squints across the wide expanse of the Mekong River where it twists through the town of Kratie.

Rise In Dolphin, Whale, and Porpoise Deaths
	09 July 2008 Four weeks since the shocking incident that led to the death of 26 dolphins near Falmouth, England, research sheds new light on the extent of the problems facing Cornwall's marine mammals.

G8 aims to halve greenhouse gases
	08 July 2008 World leaders say they will aim to set a global target of cutting carbon emissions by at least 50% by 2050 in an effort to tackle global warming.

Diving spot murk threatens tourism
	07 July 2008 Water quality at previously pristine diving spots is declining, posing a threat to tourism, dive specialists say.

Extinction risk 'underestimated'
	06 July 2008 The risk of extinction for many species may have been seriously underestimated, according to new research published in the journal Nature.

Africa moves to stop fish theft
	05 July 2008 African ministers are meeting in Namibia to discuss how to stop illegal and unregulated fishing.

Diver 2008 Project
	04 July 2008 A group of Europe’s leading marine conservation and research organisations have joined forces to carry out further crucial research into some of the rarest and most elusive marine animals on the planet.

True cost of the ocean heist
	03 July 2008 There is a kind of theft that happens every day in a majority of the world's poor countries - and in many of the richer ones too.

Register clears out 'fishy' names
	02 July 2008 Huge numbers of fish and other marine organisms have been named several times over, say scientists trying to tidy up the system for cataloguing ocean life.

Study: Shark species face extinction
	02 July 2008 The Mediterranean Sea shark population fell 97 percent in the past two centuries and 19 shark species face extinction, researchers have concluded.

Turtles return home
	01 July 2008 Two loggerhead turtles, which were washed up on the south-west UK coast this winter, have been flown to Gran Canaria and released back into the sea.

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