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Published online 16 February 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040216-3

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Global warming threatens coral reefs

Report reveals underwater menace from climate change.

The world's coral reefs could be badly damaged by global warming unless drastic intervention measures are introduced, marine experts have warned.

Tens of millions of people rely on reefs to protect their homes from erosion and to support the fish that they eat.

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