Diver with coral. (Photo credit: Robert Richmond)
Coral reefs could be almost extinct in 30 to 50 years, under the worst-case scenario, according to an international group of scientific experts, including University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa research professor
Robert H. Richmond, who identified and discussed the requirements for coral reef survival in an article in
More than 500 million people rely on coral reefs for the protection they confer against coastal damage from waves, the fisheries resources they offer, the cultural practices they support and the tourism they help attract. Yet these ecosystems are among the most threatened by global climate change. Since the 1980s, there has been a rise in the number of mass bleaching episodes, during which corals expel the microscopic algae that keep them alive.
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An infectious, water-borne coral disease that has decimated reefs off Florida for the past several years has made its way to the pristine reefs of Dry Tortugas National Park.
A devastating, water-borne disease has found its way to the last remaining area of Florida’s Coral Reef that, until now, had no reports of the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease.