Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.
Curr Biol. 2013 Jun 3;23(11):R473-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.042.
Reef corals are ancient taxa, yet they are highly sensitive to environmental change. Recent research indicates that unless global CO2 emissions are dramatically reduced, we are just decades away from the collapse of coral reef ecosystems.
珊瑚礁是古老的生物类群,但它们对环境变化非常敏感。最近的研究表明,除非全球二氧化碳排放量大幅减少,否则我们距离珊瑚礁生态系统崩溃只有几十年的时间了。