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Why Coral Reefs Are Declining
- "The unprecedented decline of these coral species [Elkhorn and Staghorn coral in Florida and the Caribbean waters] is due to the combined effects of disease, thermally induced bleaching, physical destruction from storms, predation, competition, and activities that degrade habitat and water quality. But the best available science indicates that each of these threats has been exacerbated and accelerated by a driving force: global climate change." - excerpt from the Center for Biological Diversity at http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/press/coral3-3-04.htm
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