Extreme Heat Puts Coral Reefs at Risk, Forecasts Say
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:23 am
This is definitely an alarming story:
SCIENCE
Extreme Heat Puts Coral Reefs at Risk, Forecasts Say
By JUSTIN GILLIS
Published: September 20, 2010
From Thailand to Texas, many corals are reacting to heat stress by shedding their color and going into survival mode, putting the oceans’ richest ecosystems and fisheries at risk.
Here is the whole thing:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/scien ... coral.html
Can you imagine the Caribbean with only dead coral? Is this going to happen in 5 years, 10, 50?
SCIENCE
Extreme Heat Puts Coral Reefs at Risk, Forecasts Say
By JUSTIN GILLIS
Published: September 20, 2010
From Thailand to Texas, many corals are reacting to heat stress by shedding their color and going into survival mode, putting the oceans’ richest ecosystems and fisheries at risk.
Here is the whole thing:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/scien ... coral.html
Can you imagine the Caribbean with only dead coral? Is this going to happen in 5 years, 10, 50?