CBC: The coral on the sea floor around the Pacific island of Kiritimati looked like a boneyard in November stark, white and lifeless. But there was still some hope.
This month, color returned with fuzzy reds and browns but that's not good news. Algae has overtaken the lifeless coral on what had been some of the most pristine coral reefs on the planet, said University of Victoria coral reef scientist Julia Baum after dozens of dives in the past week. Maybe 5 percent will survive, she estimated....