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Pearl farmers lower racks of plate-size oysters which hang from floating grids at Dick Morgan's pearl farm in the Monte Bello Islands off Western Australia.
Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2011

Open quoteWe now face losing marine species and entire marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs, within a single generation.Close quote

  • A STUDY
  • by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean; the report warns that "the combined effects of climate change, over-exploitation, pollution and habitat loss" are likely to cause "the next globally significant extinction event in the ocean"
Photo: David Doubilet / National Geographic / Getty Images | Source: Reuters