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A sea anemone shines in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea. Warmer seas caused by global warming; ocean acidification blamed on carbon dioxide pollution; shipping, overfishing, coastal development and agricultural runoff all pose a threat to coral reefs. More than 90 percent of the world's coral reefs will be threatened by and nearly all reefs will be at risk by unless action is taken now to reduce the threats.
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Hang on a moment Given their age, don't the world's great coral reefs predate the last major naturally occuring, by the way global warming? You know, the one that actually did happen, unlike today's supposed warming? Report Block. And if you are wrong, then what? They won't be gone Eric, If I'm wrong, it wouldn't be the first time. But I'm not wrong.
What a relief, right? If coral reefs are even mostly gone by , I can't imagine humans being around a whole lot longer. This is a pretty scary thought. Global Database. Key Topics.
This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world's coral reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human . Records 60 - 90 Against this backdrop, the World Resources Institute has produced Reefs at Risk Revisited, a groundbreaking new analysis of threats.
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Reefs at Risk Revisited 1. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation 4. The Henry Foundation 5.
International Coral Reef Initiative 6. The Marisla Foundation 7. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 8. Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs 9. The Ocean Foundation Roy Disney Family Foundation Foundation Department of the Interior Department of State Conservation International CI Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Oceana Planetary Coral Reef Foundation