HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOURS!!
I hope that you are each returning from your holidays refreshed and ready to plunge into 2008. As you can see from the blog headers, we have a new focus topic for the month of January - corals!
If you remember your trivia, you already know that corals are animals, and that there are roughly 5000 species, though only some of them form reefs. You also know how critically important corals are to the ocean ecosystem and to the people of our island nations.
But did you know that not all corals are found in clear, tropical waters? In fact, more than 2 out of every 3 known species of corals are found in the cold, dark depths of the ocean. Some are found as deep as 4500+ meters below the surface!
All corals, shallow and deep, are facing unprecedented threats from overfishing, climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction. I hope you enjoy joining the discussions this month that focus on why we need to act now, and how we can change our ways to save these precious resources.
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