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"The colourful world supported by coral reefs is under threat as oceans absorb greater quantities of carbon dioxide, says Rod Salm." In the BBC News Green Room, he says we must accept that we are going to lose many of these valuable ecosystems, but adds that not all hope is lost.

"Imagine all the colour and vibrancy of coral reefs fading away into fuzzy, crumbling greys and browns, and you're left with a coral graveyard that could become the norm I've been privileged to see many of the world's finest and least disturbed reefs. Mine were the first human eyes to see many of the remotest reefs at a time when we really could describe them as pristine. I would never have dreamed that they were at risk from people, far less than from something as remote then as climate change."

 Rod Salm is director of The Nature Conservancy's Tropical Marine Conservation Program in the Asia-Pacific region. Read the rest of the article here.