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Color Me Badd
Coral reefs not doing so well |
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08 Jul 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:24 AM on 08 Jul 2008 We're in the midst of the International Year of the Reef, but there's little to celebrate: Nearly half of coral reefs in U.S. waters are in "poor" or "fair" condition, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported at this week's 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. Human activity messes with reefs in all sorts of ways, from ocean acidification (spurred by carbon-dioxide emissions) ... |
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