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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Tainted African Dust Clouds Harm U.S., Caribbean Reefs


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A yellowtail snapper fish swims past corals in the Caribbean Sea off of Belize.

Tons of African pesticides and pollutants are ending up in oceans across the world, possibly endangering the survival of already fragile coral reefs, experts said in July 2008.

Photograph by Nicole Duplaix/NGS