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According to the report, the most we can do now is develop ways to help coral reefs adapt to a changing environment so as to buy them another 40 of 60 years of existence before hoped-for cuts in industrial pollution begin to have an impact.According to Simon Donner of the University of British Colombia: The climate is like this big ship. In replica Japanese Rolex watches our case the ships the Titanic and were going to hit the iceberg. Its almost impossible for us not to hit the iceberg.What we need to do is everything we can to put the brakes on, to slowthe ship down, and then do whatever we can -- hopefully the coral willhelp us with this -- to move the iceberg a little bit.--Alex Crevar
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