Corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts
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10 Jul 2008 - 18 Jan 2016
A third of reef-building corals around the world are threatened with extinction, according to the first-ever comprehensive global assessment to determine their conservation status. The study findings were published in Science Express, 10 July 2008. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1159196
Photo: Coral Bleaching at the North Keppels. Credit: Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
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