Front Page News!!

[Frankie]

Welcome to the Front Page News!
A paper on news that relates to us!

I felt the need to make everyone aware of one members amazing accomplishment. PaulB's 38 year old aquarium! Please go and read his thread and congratulate him on one incredible accomplishment! Congratulations Paul! Tank turned 38 this year

This weeks topic will be on an eight day undersea mission to improve coral reef restoration!


Excerpt:
ScienceDaily (Jun. 13, 2008) — Scientists have begun an eight-day mission, in which they are living and working at 60 feet below the sea surface, to determine why some species of coral colonies survive transplanting after a disturbance, such as a storm, while other colonies die. Coral reefs worldwide are suffering from the combined effects of hurricanes, global warming, and increased boat traffic and pollution.
As a result, their restoration has become a priority among those who are concerned. Using as a home base the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Aquarius--an underwater facility for science and diving located in Key Largo, Florida--a team of "aquanauts" is working to protect coral reefs from this barrage of threats by investigating ways to improve their restoration.
"It's like living on the space station, except that it's underwater," said Iliana Baums, an assistant professor of biology at Penn State and a collaborator on the project. "The job is dangerous because, once the aquanauts descend, their tissues become saturated with nitrogen. If they were to return to the surface quickly, they would get the bends--an often deadly illness in which tiny bubbles form inside the body. As a result, the divers at the end of their mission must spend an entire day depressurizing by making their way to the surface slowly...

The following link will provide you with the remainder of this article.

Eight-day Undersea Mission Begins Experiment To Improve Coral Reef Restoration

I look forward to reading your comments and questions!
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Please keep an open mind. If there is non reef related news that is important to you or our community, like a child being born, weddings or other important stuff, we see that as Front Page News!

Have a great week everyone!

[Triggerjay]

uhmm.... how can I get the frags in the pic?

Great article! The more knowledge we gain, the better chances our reefs have.

Jason

[kathywithbirds]

This is neat! I like scouring the news for happy stuff.

[JWarren]

I'm glad someone is doing something for the world! First thing I thought when I read the story then looked at the picture, I wonder if the shock waves from that diver banging on the frag plug has something to do with them dieing. Ever put your hand on a 2x4 and hit the board with a hammer? It don't feel pretty! I wonder how the coral feels about it, they are an animal after all, but then again, the diver has the hammer.

I'll add this to my "What were ya thinkin!!!" list.

[djbacon]

fantastic news - and looking forward to the results !!

[Royalscott]

What a great article. Thank you and the Science Daily site is now one I will visit at least once a day!!

[BigAl07]

Great Article! Thanks for keeping RS informed Frank

[Gina]

The results will be interesting to read after a few months!
Great article.

[dfurbee]

Frankie,
Thanks for sharing. This is great news, I for one, would love be have that job!

[Frankie]

Same here dfuree! Maybe you can still achieve something like that? I believe anything is possible if you set your mind to it.
Thought i would give this a bump! I have good stuff coming up for next week also. If anyone would like to submit to thread please let me know before Sundays.

I think what amazes me the most is the light penetration at 60 ft below!

[JWarren]

Should check it out at 140+

[jubbers]

good luck to the corals and enviroment!

[Stacef]

Agreed!! Hope they all do well

[vdituri]

I just noticed this is on the Home page.
I guess I need to scroll down more often. lol

Great addition! I like it!

[Frankie]

Thanks victor
I was hoping for more discussion on this but maybe it was to advanced for most? Just a good read?
I am open for ideas for next weeks post. I have some stuff lined up but am always looking for a good story from the outside or inside the forums. If anyone would like to share something please pm it to me. Thanks!