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Great Barrier Reef Growing At Slowest Rate For 400 Years

Richard Alleyne
Source: Telegraph [1]
January 1, 2009

Researchers looking at the world's biggest and best preserved reef - the Great Barrier Reef - found that it is growing at its slowest rate for at least 400 years. While the damage is not visible to the naked eye scientists believe it is a "very worrying" indicator which could spell disaster for the biodiversity of the seas.

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[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
[2] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/4060204/Great-Barrier-Reef-growing-at-slowest-rate-for-400-years.html