Charles Sheppard, “Coral Reefs: Science and Survival” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Climate Change and Its Effects on Marine Ecosystems
There are issues that can be regulated in principle, such as fishing. But then there's global warming which is well beyond the scope of any one particular regionor government or what have you. So how do we deal with climate change and its effects on our marine eco systems? I want to talk about climate change, because we have done that yet. And it has killed corals more than once. There are lots of other things like alkaline side of planton groups who are crucially important to the ocean. They use energy to get out of the water and make their own shells. The most sensitive form of calcium araganie (c o two) doesn't need a certain amount of
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