CORAL REEFS
5/23/2002
Survey finds that bleaching at Australia's Great Barrier Reef in 2002 may be the worst on record, affecting up to 60 percent of reefs.
Source
CRC Reef Research Centre, "Too Much Stress for the Reef?," press release (Townsville, Australia: 23 May 2002).
Links
National Oceanogaphic & Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Coral Reef site
International Coral Reef Information Network
The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
CRC Reef Research Centre
ReefBase: A Global Information System On Coral Reefs
Worldwatch Links
State of the World 2002 - Chapter 2: Moving the Climate Change Agenda Forward
State of the World 1999 - Chapter 5: Charting a New Course for Oceans
State of the World 2000 - Chapter 2: Anticipating Environmental "Surprise"
World Watch Magazine: Indonesia's Coral Reefs on the Line, May/June 2001
World Watch Magazine: Dust in the Wind, Jan/Feb 2002
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