Posted on · If Harvey's impact on the reef was anywhere near as bad as the 2016 Tax Day floods — which caused a mass die-off of coral and other marine animals — the reef and its inhabitants were in serious trouble
Posted on · Harvey didn't have as major an impact on the Flower Garden Banks coral reef as expected, but scientists are still learning from it
Posted on · Coral reefs are suffering from the effects of warmer oceans and pollution, and many corals are dying. Adrienne Simoes Correa, a marine biologist at Rice University, explains “coral bleaching” and what can be done.
Posted on · Scientists say there’s a concerning phenomenon taking place in key portions of the Great Barrier Reef. It’s called coral bleaching. When corals are stressed by dramatic changes in conditions, such as temperature or nutrients, they turn completely white. Coral can recover from such an event, but if the stress continues for too long, it eventually […]
Posted on · About 100 miles off the coast of Galveston, in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, lies the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, a group of coral reefs that boasts manta rays, huge coral heads and hundreds of species of fish. The banks are managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and every few weeks NOAA’s marine research […]
Posted on · About 100 miles off the coast of Galveston, in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, lies the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, a group of coral reefs that boasts manta rays, huge coral heads and hundreds of species of fish. The banks are managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and every few weeks NOAA’s marine research […]
Posted on · Texas Southern Professor Robert Bullard argues Houston has a long history of locating landfills and incinerators – and their pollution – in mostly African-American and Latino neighborhoods. Now, some worry history could repeat itself, as a result of the One Bin For All recycling program. On this edition of Houston Matters, we hear those concerns from […]