Climate conference: Rising sea levels, acidity threatening oceans, communities they supportMANADO, Indonesia — Rising sea levels, warming waters and spiraling acidity caused by global warming are threatening the world’s oceans and the communities they support, governments warned Thursday, as they sought to include protection for the seas in a new U.N. climate treaty. Report: Climate change threatens diverse coral reefs that millions of livelihoods depend onMANADO, Indonesia — Around 100 million people risk losing their homes and livelihoods unless drastic steps are taken to protect Southeast Asia’s coral reefs, which could be wiped out in coming decades because of climate change, a report said Wednesday. Climate change may cause massive coral reef destruction: studyMANADO - Coral reefs would disappear from the Coral Triangle by the end of this century unless effective action is taken on climate change, said a study released Wednesday. |