Coral Reef

Lunchtime lecture: The Coral Reef

Event Date: 
05/03/2014 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

With expedition leader and photographer Pam Kemp, take a journey beneath the waves to explore a coral reef: its unique structure, the creatures that inhabit it and its special place within our world today.

Tickets £6/£4

www.rammuseum.org.uk

Coral reefs' collapse isn't inevitable, University of Exeter researchers say

Coral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action. That's according to findings reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on 9 May based on an analysis that combines the latest science on reef dynamics with the latest climate models.

"People benefit by reefs having a complex structure - a little like a Manhattan skyline but underwater," said Peter Mumby of The University of Queensland and University of Exeter. "Structurally-complex reefs provide nooks and crannies for thousands of species and provide the habitat needed to...