May 04, 2005
5/4 - The Latest Estimate of Coral Reef Destruction is ........ Twenty-Ten-Fifteen Percent
Today, one third of all coral reefs are damaged beyond -- no, a quarter of all coral reefs are under stress, no, wait, its actually ten percent are flattened, while fifteen percent are for sale and another twelve percent can't be found, no, it's two thirds of all healthy reefs and a quarter of those which are deemed neither available nor occupied, except in nations where Sundays are not considered to be holidays and ...
Why can't all the groups come together and agree on a single number for anything? The exact number for coral reef destruction changes with every new article which has a new definition for coral reef health. Here's the latest, putting it at 20%.
Coral Reef Decline: Pick a number, any number.
Posted by Randy Olson at May 4, 2005 01:57 PM