Estimates Place Half a TRILLION Corals in the Pacific Ocean

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We’ve all heard that coral reefs are at risk of extinction due to a number of factors and exacerbated by climate change and coral bleaching. Aerial views of endless reefs of bleached corals sure does make for a poignant illustration and there’s no question that the massive die-offs of any kind is not what we…
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I spoke with a scientist about the threat of climate change to the reefs and that person began weeping because of their perception of the “real threat” of mass extinctions of coral species had this grip of fear and anxiety that was painfully real for them.

The facts are not going to remove the fear
 

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So the point of the story is to downplay the threat to the ocean and coral specifically due to how big the coral population is? Im not sure what the point is of that...waiting till it too late seems to be a stupid idea.
 

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I spoke with a scientist about the threat of climate change to the reefs and that person began weeping because of their perception of the “real threat” of mass extinctions of coral species had this grip of fear and anxiety that was painfully real for them.

The facts are not going to remove the fear
"There are five billion passenger pigeons, we could never drive them to extinction!"
 

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