Molasses Spill Causing Coral Reef Death

(AP Photo/Wildlife Conservation Society, Julie Larsen Maher) Phenacogrammus interruptus fish are displayed at the 2012 Taiwan International Aquarium Expo in Taipei on November 9, 2012. More than one hundred fish stony corals tanks from many countries will be on display in the four coral polyps day exhibition at Nangang Exhibition Hall from November 9 to 12. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images This photo taken July 4, 2012, at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, shows a baby beluga calf being rehabilitated at the center.

Indian Ocean Coral Reefs Are Ravaged by Mining

Taking calcium from seawater, they produce limestone skeletons that can form ledges, walls and flats of great length. Highly efficient in recycling their own food supply, reefs can survive in the most barren areas.

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