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One fourth of the coral reef in the world disappeared

( Abstract )

The United States and an international research institution of environment protection expressed on Monday that in the world, over 1/4 of the coral reef disappeared due to the global greenhouse domino effect, pollution, fish catching and other factors. 70% of the coral reef will be dead within 50 years.

Another report shows that at present the globe has 27% of coral reef disappeared...



In other subjects: Resource Conservation
Ecological Systems: Aquatic: Coral Reefs/Islands
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