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Heat-resilient Red Sea reefs offer last stand for corals
Heat-resilient Red Sea reefs offer last stand for corals
by  AFP

Beneath the waters off Egypt's Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could become the world's "last coral refuge" as global heating eradicates reefs elsewhere, researchers say. Recent studies have shown the northern Red Sea corals are better able to resist the dire impact of heating waters.

76 people killed in Nigeria boat accident
76 people killed in Nigeria boat accident
by  AFP

Almost everyone on board a boat died when it capsized in a flood-swollen river in Nigeria's Anambra state, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Sunday. "The boat reportedly carrying 85 persons capsized following rising floods in Ogbaru area of the state, with emergency services confirming a death toll of 76," Buhari's office quoted him as saying.

To save California coasts, scientists turn to the humble oyster
To save California coasts, scientists turn to the humble oyster
by  AFP

There are no pearls growing on the oyster reefs in San Diego Bay, but scientists hope they will yield an even more valuable treasure: protection against coastal erosion wrought by rising sea levels. Currently, about 70 percent of the shoreline around San Diego Bay has some type of artificially contructed rock protection.

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