Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Faster than global warming, pollution kills reefs

Reuters reports that global warming is affecting ecosystems that in turn could kill off ocean coral in 100 years, but man made pollution is speeding up the process.

A few of the detrimental problems facing ocean ecosystems are sewage, pesticide runoff, and overfishing; all factors are contributing to the fast decline of native coral.
"Across the Caribbean, the amount of reef surface covered by live coral has fallen about 80 percent in the last three decades, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network says."
Read the full story: Pollution killing world's coral reefs

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