Monday, March 26, 2007
Great Barrier Reef Suicide
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July 25, 2005 - Dust Storm in the Sahara DesertPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Ninja T. Penguin - ARC Centre of Excellence) from Australia.
A mysterious disease is causing the corals of the Great Barrier Reef to kill themselves - and scientists are battling to find out why. PhD researcher Tracy Ainsworth, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and The University of Queensland, is investigating the causes of a rapidly-emerging coral reef killer known as White Syndrome, and has found unexpected results. Instead of being killed by bacterial invaders as previously thought, Ms Ainsworth's studies reveal that the cells within the coral activate programmed cell death, or PCD - a cellular process which acts like a self-destruct mechanism. “We expected to see a lot of bacterial activity which was directly causing the corals to die. We were quite surprised when that proved not to be the case," Ms Ainsworth...
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July 25, 2005 - Dust Storm in the Sahara DesertPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Ninja T. Penguin - ARC Centre of Excellence) from Australia.
A mysterious disease is causing the corals of the Great Barrier Reef to kill themselves - and scientists are battling to find out why. PhD researcher Tracy Ainsworth, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and The University of Queensland, is investigating the causes of a rapidly-emerging coral reef killer known as White Syndrome, and has found unexpected results. Instead of being killed by bacterial invaders as previously thought, Ms Ainsworth's studies reveal that the cells within the coral activate programmed cell death, or PCD - a cellular process which acts like a self-destruct mechanism. “We expected to see a lot of bacterial activity which was directly causing the corals to die. We were quite surprised when that proved not to be the case," Ms Ainsworth...
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