And that is the same reef that's the same reef 15 years ago that's the same reef today.

IV Coral reefs

There is an area that is the oceans, coral reefs.

And on top of the coral reefs are sand banks.

104. Welcomes the publication of the Status of Coral Reefs in Tsunami Affected Countries 2005 by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network

They're The Southern Cross above coral reefs.

Provision of support for the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) and the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) for promoting effective and sustainable coral reef management practices.

We're crocheting a coral reef.

Those reefs at Discovery Bay, Jamaica were the most studied coral reefs in the world for 20 years.

The Panel also considers that it is not reasonable for Kuwait to assume that there will be no further natural recovery between 2002 and the start of remediation measures to be funded by the third and fourth F4 instalment awards.

Coral reef in New Caledonia.

And that's more or less the story of the coral reefs of the Caribbean, and increasingly, tragically, the coral reefs worldwide.

Very unlikely, Joe would jump on a pristine coral reef, a virgin coral reef with lots of coral, sharks, crocodiles, manatees, groupers, turtles, etc.

And the view of scientists about how coral reefs work, how they ought to be, was based on these reefs without any fish.

Richard Pyle dives the reef's Twilight Zone

Do we have evidence of this? Yes, coral reef systems.

It's built entirely of coral reefs.

The coral reef is the region's prime attraction.

Just to the South are the world famous Tobago Cays.

This is a bleached coral, coral that died during the 1982 '83 El Nino.

In respect of the claimed loss of coral reefs, Iran has provided remote sensing evaluation of changes in the coral reef cover sedimentation rate analysis chemical analysis of heavy metals, TPH and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and a study on coral reef growth bands.

And the people in Chicago made a reef of their own.

Why on earth are you crocheting a reef?

Why not chisel a coral reef out of marble?

It's about a meter tall Pavona clavus colony.

Here's how we sample the corals.

And this is something that is very unusual in today's coral reefs.

The people in Chicago decided that as well as exhibiting our reefs, what they wanted to do was have the local people there make a reef.

Speaking on behalf of the Joint Secretariat of the International Coral Reef Initiative, he drew attention to the destructive effects of marine debris on coral reefs.

Following the success of the 1997 Pacific Year of the Coral Reef, the 18 member countries met in April 1998 to develop a Five Year Coral Reef Strategic Action Plan.

The main framework material of coral reefs is calcium carbonate.

Coral reef ecosystems are invaluable human treasures.

And that Clegg left this mulatto to starve on a coral reef.

People came to study our reefs from Australia, which is sort of funny because now we go to theirs.

Furthermore, Kuwait's assumptions about baseline service levels inappropriately include consequences that follow from the decision, taken by Kuwait after the invasion and occupation, to fence its oil fields.

Anyway, one tree is situated right next to a beautiful coral reef.

It's the only threat, the only influence that the reef had to deal with.

We've actually kind of made an ethical choice in society to not have coral reefs.

Focusing on coral reefs turns out to be a surprisingly efficient target. It preserves biodiversity, with healthy reefs producing more fish and attracting more tourists.

The coral reefs of the north coast of Jamaica have a few percent live coral cover and a lot of seaweed and slime.

There is an area that is the oceans, coral reefs.

I'm an ecologist, mostly a coral reef ecologist.

They clean the reef everything that grows enough to be seen, they eat, and they keep the reef clean and allow the corals to replenish.

Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep diving into the hyperbolic geometry underlying coral creation.

The International Coral Reef Initiative, which had promoted a more comprehensive strategy on coral reefs based on innovative partnerships and integrated financing at all levels, was a good example of what could be done.