Indian Ocean coral may die in 50 years -researcher (Reuters)

[highplainsdem]

http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-03-15T115009Z_01_L15135977_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-CORALS.xml

Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:50 AM ET

By George Thande

VICTORIA (Reuters) - Rising sea temperatures caused by global warming could kill off the Indian Ocean's coral reefs in the next 50 years, threatening vital marine life, a marine researcher said on Wednesday.

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"Scientific reports are indicating we will have no corals left by 2050," Jude Bijoux, manager of the Seychelles Center for Marine Research and Technology, told Reuters.

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Scientists predict that most of the Indian Ocean's coralline islands -- islands made up of dead corals -- will disappear within 50 years, as living reefs that surround and protect them are degraded.

The Seychelles archipelago of 120 islands, located off the southeast coast of Africa, has only 65 coralline islands with the remainder being granite. Maldives is made up entirely of coralline islands.

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[sasha031]

1. the whole planet is dying

nothing saddens me more, the survival of the planet and all species is by far the most important issue facing us today.

the idiots are determined to destroy it:cry:

[The Stranger]

4. It calls to mind the professor in what was admittedly a god-awful movie,

in which he goes into a soliloquy about how Mother Nature will simply start over after humankind, possibly with the insects. But the death he foresaw was nuclear armageddon, not the slow-cook of global warming and carbon emissions.

Just something to look forward to.

[Seedersandleechers]

2. I have an ache in my heart when I think of what we are doing

and what we are NOT doing to save this wonderful planet...

[saigon68]

3. The repukes think it will turn into oil