In order to try and save the planet’s great marine wildernesses from dying, a coral reef summit has been organised, with experts from developing countries gathering in a global effort to save as much of the reef as possible as well as protecting and planning a strategy for the wildlife that call it home.

这个可怕的消息，雅各布森（Jacobson）的文章以戏剧性的风格宣布在澳大利亚海洋科学研究所长期首席科学家查理·维伦（Charlie Veron）的警告之后，就在七年前在伦敦，他预言了这一结果。