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Bbc Future: Week of 1 14 13: Will We Ever Lose All of Our Coral Reefs? WebsiteBbc Future: Week of 1 14 13: Will We Ever Lose All of Our Coral Reefs? Website
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Bbc Future: Week of 1 14 13: Will We Ever Lose All of Our Coral Reefs?

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This article describes how climate change is impacting coral reefs around the world. Includes many photographs of coral reefs.

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climate change, coral reefs

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coral, environment and ocean, bbc, coral reef

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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