Slow coral growth worries scientists
China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-03 07:58
Coral growth across the Great Barrier Reef has suffered a "severe and sudden" slowdown since 1990 that is unprecedented in the last four centuries, according to scientists.
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Coral growth since 1990 in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, seen in this file photo, has fallen to its lowest rate for 400 years, researchers said. Reuters |
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