Humans blamed for coral decline
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Science & environment: Over-fishing and run-off from agricultural land has caused damage to reefs, says new study
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SAIDIA, Morocco  - Ecologists say a tragedy is unfolding in north Africa where construction firms are moving in on some of the last unspoilt stretches of Mediterranean coastline in the search for profits.
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The number of large mammals has fallen sharply across most of the planet as a result of human activity, a study says.
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Experts think they've solved the mystery of what has been killing sea turtles in the Indian Ocean at the peak of their nesting season.
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Almost a third of all primates face extinction because of damage to their habitats, a report warns.
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A fresh study indicates that underwater visibility in the Baltic Sea has sharply declined in the past 100 years.
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An ancient version of global warming may have been to blame for the greatest mass extinction in Earth's history.
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Experts in Chile say the disappearance of a lake in the south of the country was caused by climate change.
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Excerpt from report by Mwinyi Sadallah entitled "Unguja and Pemba islands threatened with..." published by Tanzanian newspaper The Guardian website on 6 June  Zanzibar government has cautioned that the islands of Unguja and Pemba are likely to be submerged due to global glacier melting.
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Major shifts in the British marine environment are being partially driven by climate change, according to a new report.
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The increasing acidity of the world's oceans could banish all coral by 2065, a Danish marine expert warns.
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Global biodiversity is shrinking at an unprecedented rate and the prognosis given by one of the world&#39;s leading conservation bodies, at the opening of a major environment conference here, is alarming.
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The tsunami that took a heavy toll in human life also battered Indian Ocean coral reefs that already were in distress from pollution and global warming, possibly causing damage that will require decades to recover, experts say.
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The number of visitors to nature-oriented national parks has been on the decline.
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By Myers, Mark  There is broad consensus by the marine science community that our world's coastal and ocean ecosystems are stressed and significantly impaired. Each year, about 1.5 million people move to coastal counties.
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CANCUN, Mexico - A crippled tourist boat and a vessel towing it partially sank off the Caribbean coast, severely damaging nearly 11,000 square feet of coral reef, officials said Wednesday.
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Corals stressed by warming conditions may benefit from the passage of a hurricane &#151; as long as it doesn't slam right into them. Bleaching of corals has been a growing problem in recent years with the loss of algae or reduction of pigment in the living corals that occurs when they are stressed by warming water.