Some key points from this article:
- 30 million fishermen and woman depend on these reefs
- the damage is caused by a severe El Nino and climate change
- the reefs ecosystems provide food and shelter for a quater of earths marine species
- this is a huge planetary crisis
- off of Australia alone, of the 620 miles of pristine reefs, only four have not been damaged
- this is the largest coral bleaching event ever observed and we may loose half of the worlds coral reefs
- this could trigger a colapse of one of the ecosystems that supports life on earth
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Sources: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, GEBCO
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