Can Coral Nurseries Bring Reefs Back from the Brink? Scientific American
Published on January 13,2012
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Can Coral Nurseries Bring Reefs Back from the Brink? [Slide Show]: Scientific American.
Interesting article and slideshow about the work that is being done in Mexico, and how corals are being regrown in areas that were once thought to be dead.
From the article:
Estimates suggest that coral reefs, which cover just 2 percent of the ocean floor, support 25 percent of ocean life and feed over a billion people. In recent decades, however, coral has vanished alarmingly fast due to pollution, disease and climate change. Caribbean and Gulf waters have been hit especially hard with the extent of Caribbean corals declining 80 percent, faster than that of tropical rainforests.