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PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:54 am    Post subject: Reef fish 'starving to death' Reply with quote
News.com.au wrote:

FISH species on the Great Barrier Reef are starving to death because climate change is killing off their food source, an environmental study has found.

Rising sea temperatures have bleached more than 30 per cent of the world's coral reefs, a five-year study by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) has found.

As a result, smaller fish which would normally feed on live coral are dying off, which could throw the fish food chain out of balance, and consequently hinder local fishing and tourism operations.

The coral damage is predicted to double by 2030 if sea temperatures continue their warming patterns, CoECRS senior researcher Morgan Pratchett said.

The starving fish fail to breed and fail to migrate to thriving reefs.

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Canaries in the coal mine. Fish are dying off, and eventually we will too. Of course nothing will be done about CO2 emissions and the climate will continue to change.

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