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Localized efforts to save coral reefs won't be enough, Oregon State study suggests
https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/localized-efforts-save-coral-reefs-won%E2%80%99t-be-enough-oregon-state-study-suggestsLocalized efforts to save coral reefs won’t be enough, Oregon State study suggests
May 01, 2019
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A National Science Foundation study of factors that cause corals stress suggests that localized attempts to curb pollution on reefs won’t save them without a worldwide effort to reduce global warming.
Findings by researchers at Oregon State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara were published today in Scientific Reports.
Ocean habitats are increasingly under human-caused stress in the forms of pollution and global warming.
Coral reefs are found in less than 1 percent of the ocean but are home to nearly one-quarter of all known marine species. Reefs also help regulate the sea’s carbon dioxide levels and are a crucial hunting ground that scientists use in the search for new medicines.
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43274-8May 01, 2019
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A National Science Foundation study of factors that cause corals stress suggests that localized attempts to curb pollution on reefs won’t save them without a worldwide effort to reduce global warming.
Findings by researchers at Oregon State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara were published today in Scientific Reports.
Ocean habitats are increasingly under human-caused stress in the forms of pollution and global warming.
Coral reefs are found in less than 1 percent of the ocean but are home to nearly one-quarter of all known marine species. Reefs also help regulate the sea’s carbon dioxide levels and are a crucial hunting ground that scientists use in the search for new medicines.
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