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...every day that coral reefs make headlines, so it was a surprise last week when they were in the news three times. Although most of the reports, published in the journal Science, were discouraging, there was at least some hope that the future of these fragile formations might not be as bleak as environmentalists fear...
...worst news came out of a joint U.S.-Australian study in which scientists announced that the world's coral reefs may have only a few decades to live. The two biggest threats are diseases, which hit harder when coral organisms are environmentally stressed, and bleaching--the loss of beneficial algae due to rising global temperatures. The investigators involved in the study believe human impact goes back much further, to our hunter-gatherer days. Analyzing the evolutionary history of 14 reefs around the world, they found evidence of ancient, land-based pollution that has long been toxic to coral. Additionally, centuries...
...front, check out hiring firm Manpower manpower.com) whose quarterly surveys ask employers whether they're planning to expand or shrink their staff. (The June release reported the weakest quarter in 12 years.) Or you may decide that daily ignorance is bliss. Says financial adviser Harold Evensky of Coral Gables, Fla.: "Investors should stop thinking about economic news and start investing...
Kirkland House Senior Tutor Coral Fernandez-Illescas said Rigby’s graduation “obviously means a lot to the House...
...Navy war games held on Vieques. They picture the place as a bomb-scarred moonscape, its waters poisoned with depleted-uranium shells. And that's exactly the image that some visitors would like to perpetuate--keeping to themselves the secrets of the island's miles of pristine beaches, brilliant coral reefs and unique glow-in-the-dark waters...