Climate change may cause more coral extinction: study (Environmental News Network) :: from Yahoo! News
Posted: 2008-12-15POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) - The world has lost about a fifth of its corals and many of the remaining reefs could die in the next 20 to 40 years unless humans reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a report said on Wednesday. Further coral loss will have alarming consequences for some 500 million people who depend on reefs for their livelihood, said the report by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network ...