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Articles by Tom Shlesinger
Nearly half of reef-building corals face elevated relative risk of extinction
Abstract Coral reefs are diverse marine ecosystems that provide ecological functions and economic and social benefits across over 100 tropical countries. Warming driven by climate change is a primary threat to coral reefs and is increasing the frequency of global coral bleaching events. Here we reassessed the IUCN Red List status of 892 reef-building coral species, first assessed in 2008 1.
Breakdown in spawning synchrony: A silent threat to coral persistence
Invisible threat Our changing climate is a threat to corals, causing disfiguring bleaching and mortality to reefs that once teemed with life. Shlesinger and Loya alert us to an equally dangerous yet nearly invisible hazard to coral: loss of breeding synchrony (see the Perspective by Fogarty and Marhaver). They found that environmental changes have resulted in shifts in the timing of gamete release in several species of broadcast-spawning corals in the Red Sea.
Sea Snail Spawning
Natural World 16th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest Sea Snail Spawning A female toothed top shell sea snail releases tiny greenish eggs that will be carried away with the currents, and will later be fertilized and develop into larvae in the open sea. TAGS: Coral Reef, Diving, Israel, Underwater Awards Photo of the Day: 02.19.19 Editors' Pick Photo Information Copyright: © Tom Shlesinger. All rights reserved.
Coming out | Smithsonian Photo Contest | Smithsonian
15th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest Coming out A scientific diver comes out of the sea after a long exploration of deep reefs at 60 m depth in the Red Sea. This diver used different gas mixtures in a closed-circuit rebreather TAGS: Deep, Diving, Israel, Underwater Awards Photo of the Day: 01.20.18 Photo Information Copyright: © Tom Shlesinger.All rights reserved.
Come out of your shell
15th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest Come out of your shell A moray eel that found a night shelter inside the shell of what used to be a giant clam. This photo is part of an ongoing project capturing the “night portraits” of the less familiar nocturnal inhabitants of the coral reef. TAGS: Diving, Israel Awards Photo of the Day: 12.22.17 Editors' Pick Photo Information Copyright: © Tom Shlesinger.All rights reserved.
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