VIEWPOINT
Rod Salm
The colourful world supported by coral reefs is under threat as oceans absorb greater quantities of carbon dioxide, says Rod Salm. In this week's Green Room, he says we must accept that we are going to lose many of these valuable ecosystems, but adds that not all hope is lost.
I've been privileged to see many of the world's finest and least disturbed reefs.
Mine were the first human eyes to see many of the remotest reefs at a time when we really could describe them as pristine.
I would never have dreamed that they were at risk from people, far less than from something as remote then as climate change.
Today, despite the doom and gloom one reads so much about, one can still find reefs that are vibrant, thriving ecosystems.
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more:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7709103.stm