According to scientific studies, we have already caused irreversible damage to the rare coral life in the world. According to the study, even if we maintain the levels of carbon emissions of today, which is basically impossible, there will be a significant lose to the life present in the coral. If we attain the minimum levels that have been forecasted by the UN for 2050, the coral reefs would be no more than "rapidly eroding rubble banks."

That is just too sad. what is the point of mankind being enlightened and advanced, if the only thing we are successfully doing is predicting the future devastation that we are setting up for ourselves???

I was listening in the news about the recent meeting of the leaders in Bali on climate change. What the new prime minister of Australia said struck a cord that we do not have a plan B, we can not leave the world and go some where else, but I guess for the shortsighted leaders and the big businesses can't see that far. That future though is getting very close, very quickly now.

Sad but true and I am interested in finding ways with which we can help stop this intrusion upon nature. We can not shut down the industries so how does a common man like me help? Or do we just watch and say its sad :(

Go Carbon neutral. IT sounds like a worthless kind of effort, given the enormity of the problem, but unfortunately that is all we as individuals can do and they say one drop after the other is how oceans are made. so well who knows. True, we can't shut down industries but a handful, for monetary gain are playing with the future of so many and so many to come.

We just have to rot away slowly, I guess. Maybe that's why they are really into proving that life could exist in Mars, so after this Earth, we could all move there.