Tag: coral reef
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: A Close Encounter with a Dugong
Written by Alison Green | December 21st, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.) Marine mammals such as whales and dolphins are quite common in Raja [...]
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: The Beauty of Cooperation
Written by Alison Green | December 18th, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.) While I’m here in Raja Ampat, I’ve been learning more about the [...]
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Weird and Wonderful Corals
Written by Alison Green | December 16th, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.) We are in Southeast Misool, which boasts some of the most biologically [...]
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Monitoring Coral Reef Resilience
Written by Alison Green | December 14th, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.) In conservation circles, everyone is talking about helping nature adapt to climate [...]
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Karst Islands and Carnivorous Plants
Written by Alison Green | December 11th, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.) Raja Ampat is world-famous for hosting the highest marine diversity on earth. [...]
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Does Size Matter?
Written by Alison Green | December 9th, 2009
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(Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition.) When it comes to coral reef ecology, size really does matter. For [...]
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Written by Alison Green | December 7th, 2009
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Editor’s note: Conservancy Senior Marine Scientist Alison Green is on an expedition to the Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia — amidst some of the most spectacular and biodiverse coral reef ecosystems in the world. Catch up on all her posts from the expedition. When Dr. Seuss wrote the iconic children’s book in the 1960s of [...]
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Jewel of the Coral Triangle
Written by Alison Green | December 3rd, 2009
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Just the name Raja Ampat conjures up all sorts of exotic images — idyllic islands, lush tropical forests, and spectacular coral reefs in the midst of the Coral Triangle. In Bahasa Indonesian, the name Raja Ampat means “Four Kings.” How appropriate for the breathtakingly beautiful islands that comprise the highest marine biodiversity on earth. Over [...]
Eat Lionfish and Stop These Caribbean Reef Invaders
Written by Stephanie Wear | November 2nd, 2009
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My husband returns to the same reefs every year in the Bahamas, where he has been teaching a coral reef ecology class for the last 14 years. On his 2008 trip, he noticed that the reef fish were missing. The culprits were quickly identified — and during his 2009 course, he and his students were [...]
Cool Green Morning: Friday, March 20
Written by Bob Lalasz | March 20th, 2009
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Happy vernal equinox! (Don’t worry–it happened about an hour ago…we checked.) The center of the sun has officially crossed the equator and is headed north…and we’re heating up with five of the hottest green stories on the Interwebs this morning: At Least It’s Not About Eating Children…Or Is It? A new Jonathan Swift (or a [...]
