In just five decades, Brazil has lost 80 percent of the coral reef once found along 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) of its northeastern coast, according to a study cited by local media Sunday. Brazil’s reef ecosystems — with 18 species of coral, algae and at least three types of fish…
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