Date:9/16/2012

omprehensive analysis highlights how close we are to a world without coral reefs as we know them. "The window of opportunity to preserve the majority of coral reefs, part of the world's natural heritage, is small," summarizes Malte Meinshausen, co-author at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the University of Melbourne. "We close this window, if we follow another decade of ballooning global greenhouse-gas emissions."

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Contact: Mareike Schodder press@pik-potsdam.de 49-331-288-2507 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Source:Eurekalert

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