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Coal & climate change: a death sentence for the Great Barrier Reef
2015-05-19 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conservation: Back in 1999, I made an upsetting discovery. By comparing the temperature tolerance of reef-building corals with the projected effects of rising carbon dioxide levels, I found that the oceans would soon grow too warm for corals to bear, meaning that coral-dominated systems like the Great Barrier Reef would disappear within 30-40 years. Much as I tried to find a mistake in my reasoning and calculations, the numbers kept telling me that one of the worlds most diverse ecosystems would disappear...
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