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25th May 2023, 02:05 GMT+10
Xinhua
JERUSALEM, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Israeli researchers found that within just a few months a deadly epidemic killed all black sea urchin population in the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba, Tel Aviv University said Wednesday.
The researchers noted that this situation is unprecedented in the entire documented history of the gulf whose shores include Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
The black sea urchin disappearance threatens to destroy the gulf's coral reefs, as the urchins feed on algae and prevent them from taking over and suffocating the corals that compete with them for sunlight, they warned.
The researchers predict that the entire population of these sea urchins, in both the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, will shortly get sick and die, as extensive mortality has already been observed off the coasts of Greece and Türkiye. ...
Xinhua
JERUSALEM, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Israeli researchers found that within just a few months a deadly epidemic killed all black sea urchin population in the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba, Tel Aviv University said Wednesday.
The researchers noted that this situation is unprecedented in the entire documented history of the gulf whose shores include Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
The black sea urchin disappearance threatens to destroy the gulf's coral reefs, as the urchins feed on algae and prevent them from taking over and suffocating the corals that compete with them for sunlight, they warned.
The researchers predict that the entire population of these sea urchins, in both the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, will shortly get sick and die, as extensive mortality has already been observed off the coasts of Greece and Türkiye. ...