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Bleaching coral reefs
bleaching coral reefs

Coral reefs are highly effective canaries of global change. Thriving in the warm waters of the tropics, hard corals respond rapidly to unusual fluctuations in oceanic temperature by bleaching white. In recent times, extensive mass bleaching and coral mortality has been reported from reefs in all tropical oceans, apparently triggered by severe El Niño events. Our work in in understand this phenomenon as focused on the Lakshdweep island reefs.

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Wildlife Service Award

NCF scientists Divya Mudappa and Shankar Raman have been awarded the Sanctuary RBS Wildlife Service Award for work in the Western Ghats.

 
bushchat december 2009 - the newsletter of ncf

exploring bats, discussing the overlooked links between poverty and wildlife conservation in India...sounds interesting? Read BushChat Dec 09

 
 
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