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closeupready

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6. From what I read about this elsewhere, starfish populations

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 05:27 PM

Oct 2012

are booming due to agricultural runoff, and one of their main food sources is, yep, coral.

Scientists have estimated that they are responsible for about a third of such damage, but that the reef could recover over a period of 20-30 years if certain fixes were adopted.

I'll try to find the cite I read.

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Great Barrier Reef loses more than half its coral cover [View all] muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 OP

Thank you for posting this lunatica Oct 2012 #1

A third of the CO2 we emit stays in the air, and another third dissolves in the oceans. GliderGuider Oct 2012 #2

This just breaks my heart. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #3

And will continue to die okasha Oct 2012 #4

A heartsick K&R. Although you're preaching to the choir on DU riderinthestorm Oct 2012 #5

From what I read about this elsewhere, starfish populations closeupready Oct 2012 #6

There's some about that in the last 3 paragraphs of the Guardian article muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #7

Thanks - on the bright side, closeupready Oct 2012 #9

Sadness. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #8

Good luck on that "global carbon dioxide emissions are reduced" part of it . . . hatrack Oct 2012 #10