Most people are familiar with many of the projected consequences of global warming. Glaciers and permafrost layers will melt, causing the sea level to rise. Aberrant weather will become the norm. But what they may not know is that it also threatens to rock the very foundation of the global ecosystem, coral reefs, by causing first massive coral bleaching and ultimately death.
許多人都知道，全球暖化將使冰山融化，永凍層萬年沼氣解凍、海平面上升、極端氣候頻仍，但可能不知道，暖化也將造成全球地球生態鏈的基石──珊瑚礁──大量白化，進而死亡。