April 4, 2010
Like all marine organisms, coral too are susceptible to a wide variety of diseases caused due to changes in water conditions, stress, bacteria, viruses and parasites often resulting in the deterioration or even death of the coral. In some severe cases, diseases such as coral bleaching and White Band disease have been known to destroy [...]
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October 18, 2009
Members of the Maldives cabinet this Saturday 17th October 2009, donned their Scuba diving equipment and held a meeting underwater, staged to highlight the threat of global warming to the lowest-lying nation on earth. President Mohammed Nasheed and 13 other government officials descended to their conference tables and took their seats at 20 feet (6 [...]
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