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Overfishing and pollution kill corals in a warming world
2016-06-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: In the wild worlds of coral reefs, seaweeds and corals are locked in mortal battles and scientists have revealed how overfishing, sewage and farm pollution can tip the balance in favor of the weeds. Newly published findings from three years of field experiments in the ailing reefs of the Florida Keys have profound implications at a time when climate change is killing corals and threatening the very future of reefs worldwide. Parrot fish normally protect corals, but pollution can turn them into...
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