ScienceShot: Corals, in Panoramic View

ScienceShot: Corals, in Panoramic View | Science/AAAS | News Skip to main content Science/AAAS AAAS.ORG Feedback Help Librarians Alerts Access Rights My Account Sign In All Science Journals Science Magazine Daily News Science Signaling Science Translational Medicine SAGE KE Science Careers All HighWire Journals Advanced News Science Journals Careers Multimedia Topics Subscribe Main menu News HomeHot Topics Current Shutdown Sequestration MERS Categories Africa Archaeology Asia Asia/Pacific Biology Brain & Behavior Chemistry Climate Earth Economics Education Environment Europe Evolution Funding Health Latin America Math Paleontology People & Events Physics Plants & Animals Policy Scientific Community Social Sciences Space Technology From the Magazine Subscribe to Science 26 September 2013 3:05 pm , Vol. 341 , #6153 Sequester Takes Uneven Bite From Agency Budgets For nearly a year, research leaders have been warning that the 5% budget cut known as the sequester would have dire... U.S. Carbon Plan Relies on Uncertain Capture Technology A new proposal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would place tighter limits on carbon dioxide emissions... Government's Start Leaves Scientists Uneasy Scientific leaders in Australia are quietly pleading their case to their new government, hoping to dissuade it from... DNA Sleuths Track C. difficile Infection Routes Patients hit with C. difficile often have violent diarrhea, which spreads the bug easily in unsanitary conditions... Zombie Endocrine Disruptors May Threaten Aquatic Life Many U.S. ranchers implant cattle with the synthetic androgen trenbolone acetate to beef them up, but concerns have... Special News Package: Taming a Mercurial Element Mercury has beguiled people for centuries, but the heavy metal also poses serious health and environmental dangers... With Pact's Completion, the Real Work Begins More than 140 nations will meet next month in Japan to formally adopt the Minamata Convention on Mercury. It calls for... In Minamata, Mercury Still Divides The new global agreement to reduce mercury emissions is named after Minamata, a small seaside town in southern Japan... More From this IssueScienceNowScienceInsiderScienceLiveAbout Us You are hereNews » ScienceShots » Earth » ScienceShot: Corals, in Panoramic View   Carolyn Gramling Carolyn is a staff writer for Science and is the editor of the News of the Week section. Contact Links Email:  EMAIL ME Twitter Handle:    ScienceShots ScienceShot: Corals, in Panoramic View 30 September 2013 4:00 pm Comments Catlin Global Reef RecordAn underwater world is now at your fingertips. Last week, the Catlin Seaview Survey launched the Global Reef Record, a database of high-resolution images of coral reefs that will ultimately include images and data (such as water temperatures and turbidity) from reefs around the world. Funded by international insurer Catlin Group Ltd., the survey uses a specially designed high-resolution camera (shown) that simultaneously takes images in three directions—right, left, and down. So far, the survey—which began in September 2012 and will continue for 2 more years—has recorded images of more than 32 reefs totaling 150 kilometers along Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Next up in 2014: the Pacific Ocean’s coral triangle. The goal is “to reveal the oceans to the world,” says Richard Vevers, an advertising executive-turned-underwater-photographer who helped create the survey, which has partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California. The team began a new effort last week in the deep and shallow reefs around Bermuda, hunting for signs of coral bleaching, a hallmark of coral mortality due to prolonged seawater heating. When it comes to reef data, the new record will be a one-stop shop for images and data, says Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, director of the Brisbane, Australia-based Global Change Institute and chief scientist for the survey. ““It’s what I’m calling the world’s largest stock-taking of corals in history.”See more ScienceShots.Posted In:  Earth Related Stories With Pact's Completion, the Real Work Begins In Minamata, Mercury Still Divides Gold's Dark Side U.S. Carbon Plan Relies on Uncertain Capture Technology Special News Package: Taming a Mercurial Element What's New 30 Sep 2013 Plants & Animals Controversial Proposal for Wolf Conservation Gets a Reboot Fish and Wildlife Service begins public hearings about changes to status of the endangered species and launches new scientific peer review 30 Sep 2013 People & Events U.S. Government Shutdown Looms After Senate Vote Government researchers and granting programs could face midnight halt 30 Sep 2013 Asia/Pacific Problems Mount for Novartis's Hypertension Drug in Japan Government investigation also finds data manipulation and raises question of false advertisingFrom The Magazine Sequester Takes Uneven Bite From Agency Budgets U.S. Carbon Plan Relies on Uncertain Capture Technology Government's Start Leaves Scientists Uneasy DNA Sleuths Track C. difficile Infection Routes Zombie Endocrine Disruptors May Threaten Aquatic Life Special News Package: Taming a Mercurial Element With Pact's Completion, the Real Work Begins In Minamata, Mercury Still Divides Gold's Dark Side   Popular Most ReadMost Commented Past:1 week From The Magazine 2013-09-26 15:05, Vol. 341, No. 6153 In Minamata, Mercury Still Divides Nearly 60 years after a chemical plant caused one of the world's worst episodes of mercury poisoning, the Japanese town that came to symbolize the metal's threat is still struggling with the aftermath. Government's Start Leaves Scientists Uneasy Australia's new government eliminated the science minister post and has begun dismantling climate change programs—and more tremors could follow. U.S. Carbon Plan Relies on Uncertain Capture Technology The Obama administration last week unveiled a landmark proposal that would require new coal-fired power plants to capture at least some of the carbon pollution they emit, but the needed technology remains uncertain. Sequester Takes Uneven Bite From Agency Budgets As the 2013 fiscal year comes to a close in the United States, the impact on science of the 5% federal budget cut known as the sequester is becoming clearer—sort of. Special News Package: Taming a Mercurial Element Can a landmark global agreement to curb mercury pollution make a difference? With Pact's Completion, the Real Work Begins The Minamata Convention on Mercury seeks to curb or end most uses of mercury. It also calls for plenty of research. 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