[Coral-List] interesting BBC report

[Eugene Shinn]

Those of you who were around remember that algae became a problem (and 
continue to be so) on Caribbean coral reefs and Florida around the same 
time Diadema and Acroporid corals began to die (late 1970s-early 1980s. 
That was also when 100 mile-wide Lake Chad in north Africa was rapidly 
drying up. What you see in this BBC report is most interesting...Just a 
coincidence? Gene

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29361002


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