Feeling the Heat: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Climate Change

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PART TWO


Ecosystems in Trouble


It is an almost foregone conclusion if we do noth-
ing. As a result of the rapidly rising global tempera-
ture, corals will largely become remnant organisms
on reefs that once had extensive stands of them.
—DR. OVEHOEGH-GULDBERG, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR
MARINESTUDIES, UNIVERSITY OFQUEENSLAND
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