Thank you for the answer, but unfortunately I did not found in that interesting page an answer to my question if there exist protection or research over it against the acidification of oceans, or did I only oversee it?

Yes research is going on in this field and it is a area of concern for last few years...

This may be a useful resource for you: http://coralreef.noaa.gov/education/oa/resources/22-4_kleypas.pdf

Thanks very much for the answer. I had had a short look in the articel and I beliebe there is not standing any possiblite of protection, one can only make research of the damage of the reefs but not help them, is that correct? Best regards, Eva Dust

Ricardo, you could do experiment where you light a portion of the reef to see if

you can accelerate the growth of corrals.

Thanks for this answer, Unfortunately I do not understand it exactly, could you please explain it a little bit? Thanks

All corals and sea shells grow faster during a full Moon, and grow very slowly during a new Moon. By simulating a Full Moon perhaps we could get the corals to grow faster.

n the geologic past the Earth Rotated Faster, and the Moon completed its orbit around the Earth in fewer days, and was much closer to the Earth.

The Cycle was previously 9 days, rather than 27.3 days, so growth cycles occurred more often. Our own teeth still grow in nine day cycles when we are young.

If we could trick the Corals into thinking they are back on a nine day cycle by

adding a variable night time light source, they could grow faster, and use up more

CO2. We would also need to provide more Calcium to make the Ca CO3

(limestone).

We would also need to cool the existing reefs with deeper cooler water, or start

new reefs in cooler waters farther from the equator.

Alternatively we could stop burning coal and hydrocarbons, and stop producing

excess CO2 before 90 % of the ocean species go extinct as happened 251 MYA

during the End of Permian Extinction. There were several large impacts in

something called the " Wilkes Land ", and the Basalt flowed out of Siberia

creating the Siberian Traps, and releasing lots of CO2, acidifying the oceans.

Mite I suggest obtaining a copy of A CORRELATED HISTORY OF THE EARTH

from

Pan Terra Inc.

P.O. Box 556

Hill City, South Dakota ,

57745, USA

Thanks very much, now I understand more

Try this:

http://www.barrierreef.org/Portals/0/research%20projects%20-%20short.pdf

at

http://www.barrierreef.org/Research/ResearchPortfolio.aspx

Thanks very much for the interesting answer.