(n.) A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
(n.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
(v. t.) That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
(v. t.) To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.
Example Sentences:
(1) One of the main users is coastal planning organizations and conservation organizations that are working on coral reefs.
(2) It is resilient, but like all reefs around the world, it is also facing challenges.
(3) What are the major threats that face the world's coral reefs and what more needs to be done to protect them?
(4) Greg Hunt , the environment minister, said he will use the existing Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority act to “put in place this ban in legislative form”.
(5) World Wildlife Fund Great Barrier Reef campaigner Richard Leck said it was a sad day for the reef and anyone who cared about its future.
(6) But the Guardian can now reveal Australia will also need to report on how it is dealing with the current bleaching, where almost a quarter of the coral on the reef has been killed.
(7) The federal court is being asked to overturn the environment minister, Greg Hunt’s approval of Indian company Adani’s $16.5bn Queensland coalmine because he did not take into account the impact on the Great Barrier Reef of the greenhouse gases emitted when the coal is burned.
(8) But it welcomed Australia’s 2050 long-term sustainability plan for the reef , which includes an 80% cut in water pollution by 2025 and an extra $200m (AUD) to accelerate that progress in the next five years.
(9) Guillermo Diaz-Pulido, a Griffith University associate professor, said the research was “a major step forward in understanding how seaweeds can harm corals and has important implications for comprehending the consequences of increased carbon dioxide emissions on the health of the Great Barrier Reef”.
(10) Warming water will make it hard for many of the reef’s corals to survive, while the acidification of the oceans will hinder the ability of remaining corals to form their skeletons.
(11) A recent study suggests that coral disease is doubled when dredging occurs near reefs, although supporters of the dredging have repeatedly insisted it can be done safely and that the Abbot Point sediment will be dumped around 40km from the nearest reef.
(12) This process hinders the ability of corals to produce the skeletal building blocks of reefs.
(13) So are you optimistic then about the future survival of the world's coral reefs in the long term?
(14) They want to send a very clear message to China that they are serious about this.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest This image from the US navy purportedly shows Chinese dredging vessels in the waters around Mischief reef in the disputed Spratly archipelago in May 2015.
(15) He can come any time he likes, he’s absolutely welcome to come to Australia, to come to Queensland and to come to the Great Barrier Reef,” she said in Brisbane.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef worse than for decades The photos were taken from around Lizard Island by Lyle Vale from Coral Watch at the University of Queensland .
(17) The prime minister has been urging all Australians to remain calm in the face of increased terrorism threats,” said the society’s reef campaign director, Felicity Wishart.
(18) So we looked at the economic contribution of tourists to that area and compared it with the cost of interventions to improve water quality and coral reef health in that area.
(19) Chinese authorities said earlier they had monitored, followed and warned US warship USS Lassen as it “illegally” entered waters near the disputed reefs, and urged Washington to “immediately correct its mistake”.
(20) It was the fourth mass bleaching to hit the reef in recorded history – all since 1998 – and coral scientists are alarmed the increasing regularity of these events gives stressed coral precious little chance to recover.
Reem
Definition:
(n.) The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.
(v. t.) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.
Example Sentences:
(1) I am an old man and may never return home, but at least each morning it’s the first thing I see, and when I go to bed the last.” Over the following weeks I met dozens of Syrians like Reem, fighting for survival and dignity as refugees in Lebanon.
(2) Thursday's first US-style televised presidential debate in the Arab world will be broadcast on Egyptian TV between candidates Amr Moussa and Abdel Moneim Abou el Fotouh, with the debate moderated by leading talkshow hosts Yosri Fouda, Mona el-Shazly and Reem Magued.
(3) Egyptian millennials are far more likely to be accepting of an LGBTQ individual than their parents were Reem Shawky “I strongly doubt there was a coordination between these two movements,” he says.
(4) A Syrian teenager, who wished to be identified only by her first name, Reem, travelled with her father, mother and sister in a boat of 29 people to Leros from Turkey.
(5) These are great marketing gimmicks, but behind that fun facade is a company that [has been accused of] undercutting competition, dodging local regulation and undermining its drivers,” said Reem Suleiman, a campaigner at SumOfUs.
(6) Reem Sahwil and her family will be allowed to remain in Germany until at least October 2017, according to the German newspaper Bild, which cited sources from immigration authorities in the northern city of Rostock.
(7) That evening I sat with the family (Reem’s two brothers had joined her, living on the roof-top), drinking coffee and eating homemade bread from the open fire.
(8) UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees faces funding crisis Read more During the discussion, entitled “Good life in Germany”, Reem, a Palestinian, told Merkel in fluent German that she and her family, who arrived in Rostock from a Lebanese refugee camp four years ago, face the threat of deportation.
(9) Fourteen-year-old Reem was brought to tears at an event in July after explaining in fluent German that she and her family, who arrived in Rostock four years ago from a Lebanese refugee camp, faced deportation.
(10) We believe in destiny.” Reem, 20, a university student, sheltered at home with her four younger sisters and parents.
(11) I’ve seen perfectly healthy people go to prison for three years and how they looked coming out of it,” says Reem Shawky, a software specialist and photographer who does not experience a stable gender or sexuality, and who agreed to speak via email about LGBTQ issues.
(12) The headline and subheading were changed to more accurately reflect Angela Merkel’s comments, and the body text to clarify that a decision to deport Reem’s family has not yet been made, and to correct the word “sympathetic” to “nice” in a quote from Merkel.
(13) Egyptian millennials are far more likely to be accepting of an LGBTQ individual than their parents were,” says Reem Shawky.
(14) They said, ‘I don’t have a passport, I don’t have anything to say who I am, so I am Syrian’,” said Reem.
(15) The husband of the pregnant woman could not leave the camp, nor could Reem’s husband, or her 16-year-old son.
(16) Everyone on the boat claimed to be Syrian – according to Reem, only she and her family were.
(17) Earlier, Reem Haddad, spokeswoman for the ministry of information told al Jazeera: "I think if the people protest peacefully, if they cause no harm, if they don't burn or destroy, I think [security forces] will allow them to do so [protest], and I think after a certain time they will actually disperse them, tell them to go home."
(18) But she was forced to stop mid-sentence, and muttered “oh Gott”, on seeing that Reem was crying.
(19) Her husband was killed next to her, one of her children also died, and Reem lost a leg.
(20) Since our conversation, Reem Buqaee has managed to go home to Yarmouk, even though it meant returning to siege conditions.