title: Coral reefs: building a better crystal ball.
abstract: Reef corals are ancient taxa, yet they are highly sensitive to environmental change. Recent research indicates that unless global CO2 emissions are dramatically reduced, we are just decades away from the collapse of coral reef ecosystems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA. jbruno@unc.edu
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bruno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057894:Coral Reefs