Reefs in the Anthropocene – Zombie Ecology?
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
The Op-Ed section has published “A World Without Coral Reefs,” a provocative and disturbing essay by Roger Bradbury, an ecologist studying resource management at Australian National University. He asserts that these dynamic biological communities, long heralded as the rain forests of the sea, are doomed “zombie ecosystems” — with the triple whammy of overfishing, pollution and ocean acidification from the global buildup of carbon dioxide bound to overwhelm conservationists’ efforts.
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