World-News

The gradual disintegration of the world's coral reefs under climate change will have significant impacts on food supplies, international tourism, water quality, and the safety of coastal communities.

http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=6893



A third of world's reefs at risk of extinction

Almost a third of the world's reef-building corals are threatened with extinction, according to the first comprehensive assessment of their conservation status.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24003121-30417,00.html



Vanishing zooplankton spells disaster for fishing

The Scottish fishing industry could be facing disaster as a result of a dramatic collapse in zooplankton, "the tiny organisms at the bottom of the marine food chain", according to a conservation charity.

http://news.scotsman.com/scitech/Vanishing-zooplankton-spells-disaster-for.4278670.jp



Fall in tiny animals a 'disaster'

Experts on invertebrates have expressed "profound shock" over a government report showing a decline in zooplankton of more than 70% since the 1960s.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7499834.stm




Informant: Teresa Binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=coral+decline
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=coral+reefs