Reef architecture is built by the accretion of calcium carbonate, called calcification, which becomes increasingly difficult as acid concentrations increase
Reef architecture is built by the accretion of calcium carbonate, called calcification, which becomes increasingly difficult as acid concentrations increase

Ocean acidification already slowing coral reef growth

Coral reefs are particularly vulnerable to the ocean acidification process, because reef architecture is built by the accretion of calcium carbonate, called calcification, which becomes increasingly difficult as acid concentrations increase and the surrounding water's pH decreases.

easyJet, flights to Sharm El-Sheikh. Rosemary E Lunn, X-Ray Mag
An easyJet A320

easyJet Answers Egyptian Flight Rumours

Egypt’s Only Daily Independent Newspaper In English' ran a story on Wednesday 24th February 2016 stating that easyJet would be resuming flights to Egypt in May.

An official at the Ministry of Tourism said British EasyJet Airways will resume its flights from England to Sharm El-Sheikh in May 2016.

We contacted easyJet today to confirm the situation. easyJet issued this statement.

Allied tanker, Dixie Arrow, torpedoed in Atlantic Ocean by the German submarine U-71, in 1942.

Proposed expansion of Monitor Marine Sanctuary met with opposition

Now limited to the area off Cape Hatteras where the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor sank in 1862, the proposal is to extend NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary to include ships sunk in what is known as “Torpedo Alley.” About 1,200 U.S. servicemen lost their lives in shipwrecks off the North Carolina coast – about half the total who died at Pearl Harbor.

Sick Starfish Syndrome, Laura James, The Seattle Times, Rosemary E Lunn, X-Ray Mag
A dying Pisaster ochraceus sea star in the waters off West seattle dangles by its tentacle

Sick Starfish Linked To Warming Ocean

In June X-Ray Mag correspondent Scott Bennett reported on a "Mysterious Disease Decimating Oregon Sea Star Populations". He wrote "a mysterious disease affecting sea stars has erupted along the Oregon coast. Sea star wasting syndrome causes the creature’s body to disintegrate, ultimately leading to death. Up to half or more of the creatures along the coast have been infected in just a matter of weeks.