"It's past time to tell the truth about the state of the world's coral reefs, the nurseries of tropical coastal fish stocks. They have become zombie ecosystems..." states an op-ed piece authored by a researcher at Australian National University.
Efforts of Pacific island leaders to gain worldwide support to save coral reefs from the impacts of climate change received a big boost with the release of a scientific consensus statement.
More than 2,600 of the world's top marine scientists have endorsed a scientific consensus statement calling for action to save the world's corals in the face of climate change.
Meeting the Cairns, Australia, scientists turn their attention to coral reefs threatened by climate change, and join together in a call for worldwide action.
