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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Photo: Cold-Water Corals at Risk From Fishing Nets, Acidic Oceans


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Cold-water corals, like these off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, are at risk of serious damage from deepwater fishing practices and the growing acidification of the world's oceans, according to a recent study.

Photograph courtesy Alberto Lindner/NOAA/Science