How can you help fish and give old buses a new life at the same time? In Sri Lanka, an island country in the Indian Ocean, government agencies have a plan to do just that. The Sri Lankan Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and…
Ocean prognosis: what is happening to our coral reefs? The makers and movers of rain What do you know about the oceans? Oceans cover about 70% of our planet. We separate the oceans into five oceans: Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic and Southern (the water around…
Rainforests and coral reefs The makers and movers of rain Groundbreaking research shows that rainforests and coral reefs create rainfall. Coral reefs and rainforests seem to have little in common. One is found in the ocean. The other is found on land. But, they are…
Coral reef solutions The world’s coral reefs are in trouble due to a variety of factors including: Ocean acidification Warming temperatures from climate change Overfishing Pollution This has caused some marine biologists, like Charlie Veron, Former Chief Scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science,…