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Report sounds an alarm on ongoing decline of US coral reefs

by Bobby Caina Calvan
| November 12, 2020 12:03 AM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A first of its kind assessment of coral reefs in U.S. waters is again sounding the alarm over the continued decline of these sensitive underwater ecosystems, which scientists deem essential to the health of the world's oceans amid the environmental effects posed by human activity and climate change.

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