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Each kilometer of the highlighted reefs on this map of Oahu provides over $1 million in flood protection benefits each year. Credit: Map by Chris Lowrie and Jessica Kendall-Bar
Coral reefs prevent more than $5.3 billion in potential flood damage for US property owners
April 16, 2021

...A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the U.S.

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Yellowfin tuna stocks take additional hits after the fish is inadvertently caught by fishing boats targeting bigeye tuna, which are used in sashimi. Credit: AFP
Chinese Overfishing in the South Pacific Devastates Some Islands’ Livelihoods
April 10, 2021

Chinese fishing boats’ illegal overfishing in the South Pacific has been devastating some island economies. According to two former U.S.

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Brown tree snake (Boiga ireggularis). Credit - wikipedia.com
More invasive species are coming into Guam and scientists can't keep up
April 10, 2021

As the region’s shipping and transport hub, Guam is a welcoming place for all planes and ships that come by. However, these crafts carry more than travelers and cargo.

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Newly emerging Serianthes nelsonii seedlings are marked by Cameron Musser in the deep shade of Guam's karst forest habitat. Credit - University of Guam
Persisting endangered status of Serianthes nelsonii reveals need for adaptive management
April 10, 2021

A University of Guam review of published research on the critically endangered Serianthes nelsonii tree has revealed a reason why the population of the trees continues to be endangered despite a long history of funded conservation projects and a national recovery plan implemented 26 year

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coral reefs. Credit - mongabay.com
Guam featured in NASA game to help coral reefs
March 19, 2021

Guam is featured in a game developed by NASA to help coral reefs around the world...NeMO-Net is a coral classification game that lets you embark on a virtual research vessel and travel the oceans, analyzing actual images of corals on the sea floor.

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UOG Sea Grant research awardees. Credit - https://www.guampdn.com/
Four researchers get funding from University of Guam Sea Grant
February 19, 2021

Three University of Guam professors and the lead of a community conservation group were awarded research grants to analyze coral reef conditions and marine life on Guam...The projects must focus on healthy coastal ecosystems, environmental literacy or workforce development in Guam, the

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NMFS extends comment period for setting critical habitat for Pacific corals. Credit - https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/
NMFS extends comment period for setting critical habitat for Pacific corals
February 18, 2021

The National Marine Fisheries Service has extended the comment period for its proposal to designate critical habitat for seven Indo-Pacific corals listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and found within U.S. waters. The end of the public comment period has been extended from Feb.

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Guam could lose more control over land, waters with proposed critical habitat designation. Credit - https://www.kuam.com/
Guam could lose more control over land, waters with proposed critical habitat designation
February 10, 2021

The question of how much control we really have when it comes to our land and our waters is one we've been asking ourselves for decades.

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A cross-section of a declining ironwood tree in Guam shows drops of whitish ooze caused by the bacterial wilt pathogen and a ring of dark stained tissue caused by wetwood bacteria.  Photo courtesy of UOG
UOG researchers work to stop ironwood tree decline in Guam
November 20, 2020

With U.S.

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A ko'ko', or Guam rail, is released into the wild in 2010. Credit - Ginger Haddock/Fernbird Photography
Brown tree snakes found at Cocos Island
November 13, 2020

Brown tree snakes have been found again at Cocos Island, which is where experts have been working to increase the population of the endemic bird species ko’ko’, also called the Guam rail.

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