Coral Decline
By Wendy Heller, January 4, 2009 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Sciencealert.com.au
According to the International Journal of Science, corals in the Great Barrier Reef have slowed down their rate of growth by over fourteen percent since the 90's. Evidence for these findings are a combination of rising sea temperature, acidification and other anthropological causes.
This new report is bases on in depth analysis of growth bands from over sixty-nine reefs across the region of the Great Barrier Reef...
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