Southeast Asian coral reefs
New research points to big changes, not necessarily disappearance, for coral reefs
Scientists who study climate change and ocean environments have made several recent discoveries. Their findings have challenged the conventional wisdom that climate change could eliminate coral reefs. What they’ve found is that they probably won’t disappear, but they will see major changes.
DISAPPEARING CORAL REEFS
One of the world’s most important living systems lies just out of view, in the ocean. Every four years the world’s leading coral reef experts gather to try to assess the present health of the world’s reef ecosystems. Bob Carty reports from Panama, with snorkel in hand, on the latest findings.