were planning to go see a coral reef? Well, hurry up, because within a few years may not only remains that yellowed documentaries. This gives the ANSA news , but it takes an article published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters qualified. The cause? Global warming and ocean acidification, both due to carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by humans through combustion processes:
Risk disappearance coral barriers
According to one study, in 20 years could be a memory
(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 MAR - Coral reefs around the world are destined to disappear within twenty years. The blame, according to a study published in Geophysical Research Letters, high levels of carbon dioxide. The acidification of the oceans along with the increase of sea temperatures are the main causes. 'Every second they are released into the atmosphere than 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide, 300 of which end up in the oceans'.
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