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> Nearly half a billion people rely on coral reefs for fish protein, says Sheppard, and climate change will kill many of them. Huh? People don't just lie down
by lopmotr 6y ago
> Nearly half a billion people rely on coral reefs for fish protein, says Sheppard, and climate change will kill many of them.
Huh? People don't just lie down and die because their preferred food is gone. I've never heard of 100's of millions of people predicted to die because of coral bleaching. That seems a complete exaggeration. Unless by "many", he means "hardly any".
- i_cannot_hack 6y agoI think you misunderstood the sentence. I read it as "Nearly half a billion people rely on coral reefs for fish protein, says Sheppard, and climate change will kill many of [these reefs]"
- hannob 6y agoI think he means the fish, not the people.
- wffurr 6y agoIt is a poorly worded sentence, and the meaning isn't totally clear either. Climate change probably will kill people, especially vulnerable populations in low-lying areas.