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Environment USA
Giant Crabs to the Rescue of Corals in the Florida Keys
The overgrowth of algae has been suffocating coral reefs in the Florida Keys, United States, but the Caribbean king crab may help solve this crucial problem: the crustacean gobbles on algae and seaweed, helping to restore the natural balance and improve overall coral health.
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Environment USA
Sea Urchins Munch Through Enough Algae to Save a Coral Reef
The introduction of nearly 100,000 urchins over the last two years in the Kāne’ohe Bay, on the hawaiian island of Oahu, helped save the coral reef by grazing through an invasive non-Hawaiian species of algae introduced in the 1970s.
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Environment Turkey
280 Corals Find New Home and Save Endangered Reef
A group of volunteers have successfully transplanted 280 corals from the Princes’ Islands area, where construction threatens the survival of 24 coral species, to the inhabited Tavşan Island, both located in the Marmara Sea in Turkey.
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Environment
Environment Belize
Belize Protects the Sea, Wants to Revive the Ocean’s Ecosystems
The expansion of the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is Belize’s latest effort to protect its marine resource and ocean ecosystems. The area will now cover more than 500 square miles with a strictly protected area in deep-sea of more than 350 square miles.