Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Coral reefs are like underwater cities, inhabited by thousands of species, built up by the calcium carbonate skeletons of corals.
But since the early 1980s, we’ve lost roughly two-thirds of the world’s reef-building corals. Many Caribbean reefs are now dominated by the skeletons of recently deceased corals, with living colonies sparsely distributed among the standing dead.
Read more about how we can conserve the "tropical rainforests" of the ocean here: http://wapo.st/2mc0uV2
Words by John Bruno.
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Coral reefs are like underwater cities, inhabited by thousands of species, built up by the calcium carbonate skeletons of corals.
But since the early 1980s, we’ve lost roughly two-thirds of the world’s reef-building corals. Many Caribbean reefs are now dominated by the skeletons of recently deceased corals, with living colonies sparsely distributed among the standing dead.
Read more about how we can conserve the "tropical rainforests" of the ocean here: http://wapo.st/2mc0uV2
Words by John Bruno.
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