Acidifications effect on coral reefs and the coral

The coral reef are under a lot of stress, they have been having problems with temperature changes, but now the biggest problem is ocean acidification. This means that the carbon dioxide that we release in to the atmosphere is going in to the ocean and decreasing the pH in the water. This affects all animals […]

Magic Moment of the Week: And out of the darkness . . .

elephant seal photo 2

On the weekend I had the opportunity to go swimming with a cape fur seal colony. The conditions were great and the seals were really playful in the warm weather. We had a surprise visitor, when all of a sudden a huge elephant seal appeared just a few metres in front of me. While initially […]