Globe’s coral reefs suffer second worst bleaching on record during 2010

In October, marine scientists said the Southeast Asia and Indian Ocean bleaching “may prove to be the worst such event known to science.” NOAA pointed out in November that



As the “rainforests of the sea,” coral reefs provide economic services — jobs, food and tourism — estimated to be worth as much as $375 billion each year.



The former chief scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science wrote in December, “The end is in sight for the world’s coral reefs.”

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