'Alarming' plight of coral reefs
World 10 July 2008 - 11 July 2008
Source: BBC News
A third of the world's reef-building coral species are facing extinction.
That is the stark conclusion from the first global study to assess the extinction risks of corals.
Writing in the journal Science, researchers say climate change, coastal development, overfishing, and pollution are the major threats.
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