Time Running Out On Coral Reefs As Climate Change Becomes Increasing Threat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210112808.htm

Increasing pressures from climate change will reach a tipping point in less than a decade triggering a significant decline in the health of the planet's coral reef ecosystems according to the findings in an international report...

Located off the northeastern coast of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. Increasing pressures from climate change will reach a tipping point in less than a decade triggering a significant decline in the health of the planet's coral reef ecosystems according to the findings in an international report. (Credit: iStockphoto)