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

IV Coral reefs

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

And on top of the coral reefs are sand banks.

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.

We're crocheting a coral reef.

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.

Coral reef in New Caledonia.

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

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.

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

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

Richard Pyle dives the reef's Twilight Zone

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.

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.

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.

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.

The main framework material of coral reefs is calcium carbonate.

Coral reef ecosystems are invaluable human treasures.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

But at least on coral reefs are systems where there is a bottom component with structure.

But we have started studying pristine reefs only very recently.

A great deal of this has been happening in the Great Barrier Reef, particularly in coral reefs all over the world.

Iraq also states that, while there is clear evidence of damage to certain parts of the Kuwaiti desert, the claim needs to be evaluated against the relevant baseline conditions, ongoing grazing impacts and impediments to vegetation recovery and service provision brought about by a lack of sustainable rangeland management.

Coral reefs are growing slower in some places because of this problem.

This is our invocation in crochet of a bleached reef.

And so now you can walk through a coral reef without getting wet.