Worst coral reef die-off in 11,000 years

[donsu]

http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2006/12/21/worst-coral-reef-die-off-in-11000-years/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.mongabay.com%2F2006%2F1218-reefs.html&frame=true


Two new studies by scientists at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University suggest that coral reefs may be in worse shape than previously thought. The first, appearing in the journal Geology indicates that the current large scale coral die-offs are now occurring more frequently than at any time in the last 11,000 years. The second, published in Current Biology, suggests that the loss of a single "keystone" species can trigger a rapid shift in the health of a reef.

-snip- this holds much info on reefs and their repair possibility or not
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[MamaBear]

1. Kick.

Scary stuff. Thanks for posting.

[donsu]

4. love the look in the eyes of the striped cat

lol

[Uncle Joe]

2. The corals are the base of the food chain, supplying the seas with plankton,

if they fall, most everything else will die off.

Thanks for posting donsu

Kicked and recommended

[jgraz]

3. Does anybody doubt that the spiral will end

in a massive die-off of the human population? It seems that only something this catastrophic will change behavior.

In fact, it probably won't happen until we have a massive die-off of the white human population.

[salinen]

5. bring it on

The sooner the massive human die-off, the sooner nature can start to recover.

[amitten]

6. but...I don't wanna die.

:-(

Not like that.