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Hard core data shows 14 per cent drop in coral growth on GBR since 1990 by Australian Institute of Marine Science, AIMS Media Release 02 January 2009

It’s official: the biggest and most robust corals on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia have slowed their growth by more than 14 per cent since the "tipping point" year of 1990. Evidence is strong that the decline has been caused by a synergistic combination of rising sea surface temperatures and ocean acidification. Read AbstractPhoto caption: Heat stress and visible paling in Porites, GBR 2008. Credit: Katharina Fabricius
Read more at http://www.aims.gov.au/d ... 0102.html.
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