National Geographic: Florida's coral reef, the only tropical reef in the continental United States, is disintegrating faster than scientists predicted and in a way that will accelerate as the oceans become more acidic, according to new research published Monday.
University of Miami scientists called the collapse of the reef's limestone framework, a critical habitat for fish, "unprecedented" and "cause for alarm."
"Lots of scientists think that ocean acidification is not going to be a problem until 2050 or 2060,"...