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World's coral scientists warn action is needed now to save even a few reefs from climate change

  • Written by Sam Purkis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Miami
imageCorals are made of hundreds to thousands of tiny living polyps.Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

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