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REEF ISSUES

• NEW  The Dangers of Plastic: Interview with Charles Moore

• NEW  Patagonia Oceans as Wilderness- Synthetic Seas

• NEW  Ocean of Plastic

• NEW  World biggest garbage dump - plastic in the Ocean

• NEW Plastics and Marine Debris

• NEW  The Plastic Vortex



• NEW  Woods urged to walk away from Albany Woods urged to walk away from Albany, Rogan M. Smith, Guardian Senior Reporter, April 4, 2008

• NEW  Expansion of Port Everglades assailed by state, U.S. agencies, David Fleshler | South Florida Sun-Sentinel, (The video clip associated with the article features an interview with Dan Clark of Cry of the Water), April 3, 2008

• NEW  The world's rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan, Why plastic is the scourge of sea life, The Independent, Kathy Marks, Asia-Pacific Correspondent, and Daniel Howden, February 5, 2008

• NEW  Children's underwater coral reef education programs, Thomas Goreau, Marina Goreau, January 11, 2008 

• NEW Recycling Florida sewage water and nutrients, Letter to and response from Charlie Crist, Governor  of Florida, Tom Goreau, December 29, 2007

• The plastic killing fields, The Algalita Foundation, December 29, 2007

• UM crew damages reef, keeps it quiet, A UM research ship ran aground on a coral reef last month but never reported the damage. The school now faces potentially heavy penalties and costs. Curtis Morgan, MiamiHerald.com, Nov. 20, 2007

• South Florida sewage pipes cause a stink, Local governments are taking exception to a proposal by state regulators to reuse wastewater that is now dumped in the ocean, Charles Rabin and Curtis Morgan, MiamiHerald.com, 10/25/2007.

• Tourism, Water Quality and Coral Reef Health, Filmed and edited by Tom Goreau, Copyright 2006 Global Coral Reef Alliance

• Time to plug the pipes, Palm Beach Post Editorial, September 21, 2007

• Reef Relief: Coral Bleaching and Coral Disease, Reef Relief, September 2007.

• Reef Relief; Coral Bleaching Key West 1997, Reef Relief, September 2007

• Costly plan would end dumping of treated sewage off S. Florida coast, David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, April 6, 2007

• Lake Worth Florida seeking permit to allow nutrient laden water near a pristine coral reef. 9/03/007

• Lake Worth might hire lobbyist for permit push, Nicole Janok, Palm Beach Post, September 1, 2007

• Warmer waters threaten pink coral, James Randerson, The Guardian, July 21, 2007

• New study links sewage and reef,  Florida Keys Keynoter, Pamala J. Suarez, July 20, 2007

• Save the Sawfish, Cinamaquatics, You Tube video

• National Trust Slammed, Quincy Parker, The Bahama Journal, 5/7/2007

• Great Guana Cay, Abaco, Bahamas: A Case Study featuring the results of unchecked Development and the challenges surrounding Environmental and Cultural protection, Mr. Troy Albury, President, Save Guana Cay Reef Association

• Argument carried to UN, Krystel Rolle , Nassau Guardian , May 18, 2007

• Case may rock nation, Sam Smith, Nassau Guardian, May 18, 2007

• A Call to the new FMN Government, Save Guana Cay Reef Association, Frederick R. M. Smith, Press Release 11.7.07

• Lobby must pay or appeal fails, Nassau Guardian, Raymond Kongwa, 4/26/2007
  (Urgent appeal for donations)

• Baker's Bay Development Project, Thomas J. Goreau, GCRA, Save Guana Cay Reef, Bahamas 4/20/2007

• Do as I pay, not as I do, Even developers have a place in environmental discourse, The Daily Tar Heel, Editorial Board, 4/20/07

• 'Scientists' giving wrong impression of golf course, The Daily Tar Heel, 4/18/07

• Florida Green Algae Bloom, Video (16MB) Palm Beach County Reef Rescue, Boynton 
  	Beach, FL, (3/29/07)

• Stop the Charade & Accept Reality, Sewage Kills Coral, Ed Tichenor, Palm Beach Rescue, March 12, 2007

• Reef Rescue Volunteers Take to the Air and Sea, Palm Beach County Reef Rescue, 3/1/2007

• PUBLIC REVIEW MEETING COMMENTS, SOUTH EAST FLORIDA CORAL REEF INITIATIVE (SEFCRI), UNITED STATES CORAL REEF TASK FORCE (USCRTF), Thomas J. Goreau, PhD., Anne Kolb Nature Center, Hollywood, Broward, Florida, February 12 2007,

• Sewer Plant Responds to Public Pressure, Emergency Meeting Called to Focus on Alternatives to Ocean Dumping, Delray Beach, Florida, 12/12/2006.

• TOP FLORIDA OFFICIAL ADMITS POLLUTION LINK TO ALGAE BLOOMS, Email to Governor Bush Contradicts Repeated Public Denials of Connection, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Carol Goldberg

• It’s Not Too Late to Say No to LNG, Sam Duncombe, Information relative to a proposed LNG pipeline for the Bahamas, October, 2006

• Help the Poor, Maya Goreau, December, 1989

• Public Comments to the Us Coral Reef Task Force From the Global Coral Reef Alliance, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance

• Biorock Workshop Information. See this link for various items pertaining to the coming workshop.

• Scientists and Divers Urgently Petition State of Florida and the Federal Government to Save North America's Last Healthy Near Shore Coral Reefs, May 5, 2006

• Stonewalling? of the Official request on Outstanding Florida Waters Petition?, Thomas J. Goreau, GCRA, Dan Clarke, Cry of the Water.

• NEW HotSpots and WarmSpots, Thomas J. Goreau, September 27, 2006

• Global Warming and the Future of Coral Reefs, Poster from Tom Goreau presentation in Hawaii, July, 2006.

• Recommendations for the Secretary-General's report to the 2007 Commission on Sustainable Development, Thomas J. Goreau, August 18, 2006

• Letter from Chris Wilkens, AmeriDive Scuba, Boynton Beach, FL to EPA, June 1, 2006

• Designation and Management of Critical Habitat for Acropora in Broward County, Florida, Thomas J. Goreau, May 27, 2006

• Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative Maritime Industry and Coastal Construction Impacts Workshop: A Study to Identify and Evaluate Existing and Emerging Innovative Technologies for Coastal Construction, May 22-23 2006, Public Comments on Day 2, Thomas J. Goreau

• SOUTHEAST FLORIDA CORAL REEF INITIATIVE, Land Based Sources of Pollution Technical Advisory Committee Meeting, May 22-23 2006, Public Comments on Day 2, Thomas J. Goreau

• SMALL ISLANDS VOICE, Thomas J.  Goreau, GCRA, May 2, 2006

• Oceans of Waste, Waves of junk are flowing into the food chain, Paula Bock, The Seattle Times, Pacific Northwest, April 23, 2006

• Climate Researchers Feeling Heat from White House, Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, April 6, 2006,

  (Note:The first Bush Administration suppressed the first GCRA/NOAA report showing the first documented link between coral bleaching and high temperatures back in 1990, which was later published in a book in 1992. Click Here.

• Other stories from Marine Attractions: Below the Surface, Sally Kestin, Sun-Sentinel

• The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity: The Third Revised Edition,The Humane Society of the United States

• Letter from Bernard Judge, Friends of Tetiaroa, January, 2006

• Importance of Assessing Impacts of Nutrients from Dolphins and Sewage on Coral Reefs,  Dr. Thomas J. Goreau, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance

• Sulawesi Mine Waste, Environmentally Concerned Indonesian Policymakers and Public,  

  Dr. Thomas J. Goreau, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance

• Ko Samui, Paradise Restored by Regreening and Reblueing, A Concept Paper for a Proposal to the Ko Samui Government, Business, Tourism, and Environmental Communities, Thomas Sarkisian, President, Biorock Thailand; Cholnakochorn Anumart, Vice President, Biorock Thailand; Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, President, Biorock SA; Wolf Hilbertz,Vice President, Biorock SA

• A message to students about the future of coral reefs, Letter from Laura Byno's 8th Grade Science Class, Irving, TX, Response from Tom Goreau. 9.20.2005

• Letter to The World Heritage Committee, UNESCO, Durban Meeting, July 10-17 2005, Thomas J. Goreau, Ph.D.

• Comments to US Army Corps of Engineers on failure to monitor atmospheric impacts of Comprehensive Everglades restoration Plan,Thomas J. Goreau, Ph.D., 6/6/2005

• Fiddling While Rome Burns--Tsunamis and Reef Restoration?  Letter to New Scientist, Thomas J. Goreau, 5/14/2005

• Comments on Delray Beach Sewage Effluent Permit, Thomas J. Goreau, Ph.D.

• Comments on Preservation of Tetiaroa, Thomas J. Goreau, Ph.D.

• Comments by Bernard Judge, Friends of Tetiaroa, on Preservation of Tetiaroa, (French)

• CO2 Emissions Put Corals at Risk, BBC News Roger Harrabin 2/1/2005

• GRIEVANCE to US Coral Reef Task Force Meeting, Washington DC, Spring 2005, Cry of the Water & Global Coral Reef Alliance

• US Coral Reef Task Force: Public Comments, Thomas J. Goreau, Dan Clark, Stephanie Clark

• Need To Monitor Atmospheric Impacts of South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Project, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, 12/3/2004

• Impacts of Everglades Restoration on the Atmosphere, Abstract, 16TH Global Warming International Conference, New York, NY, April 19-21 2005, Thomas J. Goreau 

• Mud and Mismanagement, Trinidad & Tobago Express, details the environmental havoc being wreaked on the fringing coral reefs,  May 2004

• The Reef Is Dying: Officials Rethink Why, Mark Howell, Reef Relief, 12/10/2004

• Petition: An Oceanic Crisis   For more information, and to sign a  petition to end the cruel and wasteful practice of shark finning, October 21, 2004

• Broward Coral Reefs Need Protection Now, Cry of the Water, July 11, 2004

• Predicting Coral Bleaching by Hotspot Analysis, April, 2003, Thomas J. Goreau

• Can Global Warming Be Studied Too Much?

• Bali Reef Bombers, Photos depict the capture of poachers caught dynamiting Bali reefs in March of 2002.

• Corals and Coral Reefs

• Can Coral Calcium Pills Be Good For You and for Coral Reefs?

• Artificial Reefs

• Coral Reef Bleaching and Sea Surface Temperature

• Diseases

• Eutrophication and Water quality

• Importance of Coral Reefs

• Reef Fisheries--Coral Reef Habitat Destruction and Fisheries Management

• Saya De Malha Bathymetric Survey Report, September, 2002

• Sedimentation

• Global Issues

• Why are Coral Reefs Dying? Threats to Coral Reefs, Signs, Causes, Solutions

05/02/2008