Reef encounters.(coral reefs)(Brief Article)

Geographical | July 1, 2000| | Copyright

Dubbed the rainforests of the ocean, coral reefs have survived for hundreds of millions of years. Nick Middleton looks at how they are created and why many are now threatened

If you could travel back in time about 200 million years you'd find a very different world from the one we know today. For one thing, the distribution of the planet's continents and oceans would look rather unusual because the break-up of the `super continent' known as Pangaea had yet to happen. But one familiar sight would be coral reefs. Unlike other long-term residents of Planet Earth, such ...

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