New York Times: Oceans at Dire Risk, Team of Scientists Warns
The scientists, who gathered in April at the University of Oxford, cited the cumulative impact of the stresses on the oceans, which include ocean acidification related to growing carbon dioxide emissions, a global warming trend that is reducing the polar ice caps, pollution and overfishing.
Coral bleached as a result of stresses including global warming and acidification.
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The state of the oceans is declining far more rapidly than most pessimists had expected, an international team of experts has concluded, increasing the risk that many marine species — including those that make coral reefs — could be extinct within a generation.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 6/22/2011 6:00 AM 
Categories: Climate
Tags: oceans coral bleaching coral global warming overfishing hypoxia
Categories: Climate
Tags: oceans coral bleaching coral global warming overfishing hypoxia
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