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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/great-barrier-reef-mass-bleaching_n_5e7d8e79c5b6256a7a280833

Mass Bleaching Hits Great Barrier Reef Again: Like Watching Louvre ‘Burn To The Ground’ The iconic structure was hit with devastating, back-to-back bleaching in 2016 and 2017.

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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jun/07/the-great-barrier-reef-a-catastrophe-laid-bare

The Great Barrier Reef: a catastrophe laid bare Australia’s natural wonder is in mortal danger. Bleaching caused by climate change has killed almost a quarter of its coral this year and many scientists believe it could be too late for the rest. Using exclusive photographs and new data, a Guardian special report investigates how the reef has been…

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/14/science/synthetic-human-genome.html?_r=0

Scientists Talk Privately About Creating a Synthetic Human Genome The project poses ethical issues about whether humans could be created without parents.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.12583/abstract
Shark philopatry... long term.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

http://www.aims.gov.au/docs/media/latest-news/-/asset_publisher/EnA5gMcJvXjd/content/great-barrier-reef-bleaching-surveys-complete

29 April: AIMS GBR bleaching monitoring update - Latest news - AIMS

https://theconversation.com/why-managing-ocean-acidification-is-crucial-for-south-africa-54607

Why managing ocean acidification is crucial for South Africa South Africa has the opportunity to benefit from its ocean economy. But to do that, the country needs to put better policies in place to counter ocean acidification.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T59aFpH22c

GREY SHARK MATING Grey shark mating

http://www.livescience.com/54272-great-barrier-reef-worst-coral-bleaching.html

Great Barrier Reef Coral Bleaching is 'Worst in its History' Australia's Great Barrier Reef corals are in trouble, with the northern part of the reef experiencing "the worst mass bleaching event in its history."

I have posted links to articles from Dynamic Ecology before, this is a particularly good one in my opinion,
https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2016/02/24/the-5-pivotal-paragraphs-in-a-paper/

The 5 pivotal paragraphs in a paper I have argued before that writing a paper for submission to a journal is about a lot more than having done some work that you can describe in methods and results sections. It is certainly about the…

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1746-8361.12128/abstract

A Demonstration of the Causal Power of Absences - Goldschmidt - 2016 - Dialectica - Wiley Online... Goldschmidt, T. (2016) A Demonstration of the Causal Power of Absences. Dialectica, 70: 85. doi: 10.1111/1746-8361.12128.

https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/a-distribution-of-thoughts-around-a-central-tendency-the-meaning-and-impact-of-stochasticity-in-ecology/ -18165

A distribution of thoughts around a central tendency: the meaning and impact of stochasticity in... Note from Jeremy: this is a guest post, written by Karen Abbott after soliciting thoughts and discussion from Lauren Sullivan, Chris Stieha, Robin Snyder, Lauren Shoemaker, Sean Satterlee, Ben Nolt…

Yes, sunscreen is detrimental to corals but how concerned should we really be?

http://mashable.com/2015/11/10/sunscreen-killing-coral-reefs/

No, your sunscreen isn't killing the world's coral reefs Swimmers that slather themselves in sunscreen are doing their skin a favour, but it might not be so helpful to any nearby coral reefs.

SANBI's Sea Fish Atlas project is based on photographic record submissions of marine fish shared by scientists, students, scuba enthusiasts, citizen scientists and your average joe! Each record is verified by an expert taxonomist before it is submitted to the database. Check out the latest edition to find out what new species have been discovered and recorded for the first time along our coastlines.

Three of our MAREVOL ladies participated in the Roxy event at Addington beach on Saturday! They endured a hot 4km run on the beach front followed by a yoga class on the beach. Well done Kirsty, Jess and Cami!

So we accidentally put the wrong links up and nobody could see any of the pics *oops*. Here's the link again with all the pictures working.

9th WIOMSA Symposium - Marine Evolution Lab Marine Evolution Laboratory from the School of Life Sciences (University of KwaZulu-Natal) in Durban, South Africa

There's a supertree with 2.3 million species on it! Check out how related you are to other organisms.

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/09/first-comprehensive-tree-life-shows-how-related-you-are-millions-species

First comprehensive tree of life shows how related you are to millions of species But watch out for broken branches among the treetops

Happy Birthday to our MSc student and MAREVOL's very own Bat Girl, Cami. We hope you have a most excellent day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqimOYOQjJ8

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Should we be looking to genetic modification to ensure the survival of corals as ocean temperatures continue to rise?


http://e360.yale.edu/feature/as_ocean_waters_heat_up_a_quest_to_create_super_corals/2900/ #.VcC9vsy0Njs.twitter

As Ocean Waters Heat Up, A Quest to Create ‘Super Corals’ by Nicola Jones: Yale Environment 360 With the world’s coral reefs increasingly threatened by warmer and more acidic seas, scientists are selectively breeding corals to create species with the best chance to survive in the coming century and beyond. Are genetically modified corals next?

The MAREVOL Lab is back to work after an amazing Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) Symposium.

A huge congratulations to Brent Chiazzari (PhD candidate) on his 3rd place in the student poster competition!

Look out for a review of the symposium later this week.

The strong winds that have been bombarding KZN the past few days are doing a bit more than knocking over bins and messing up hairdos. Check out the link below to see what's happening at St Lucia Estuary.

http://zululandobserver.co.za/89226/st-lucia-estuary-blown-dry-by-strong-winds/

VIDEO: St Lucia Estuary blown dry by strong winds Before today, St Lucia locals had never witnessed this phenomenon of the estuary water being blown upstream by gale force winds commonplace in the area

PhD Candidate Kerry Estebeth recently organised South Africa's first Octocoral Taxonomic Workshop. Check it out:

https://sites.google.com/site/marineevolutionlab/blog/southafricasfirstoctocoraltaxonomicworkshop

Non-marine MAREVOL Lab member, Cami Barausse, recently went on a bat sampling trip to the Northern Cape. You can read about it here:

https://sites.google.com/site/marineevolutionlab/blog/northerncapebatsamplingtrip

Ocean pillagers getting what they deserve :)

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