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Caribbean Reefs Declining at an Alarming Rate: Report
2014-07-02 12:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Most Caribbean reefs will disappear in the next two decades, a new report states. Researchers said that around 50 percent of the Caribbean coral reef has declined in the past fifty years. Around 90 experts, over the course of three years, have worked on the report, Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012. Around nine percent of the world's corals live in the Caribbean. These ecologically diverse reefs are a crucial part of the Caribbean economy. Tourism and fisheries in the Caribbean...
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