It takes one lush to devastate. But years, rather centuries to recover. So is with the panoramic ocean floors. The coral reefs. A fragile coral reef off the coast of Mexico ‘s Yucatan Peninsula could take more than a century to recover from a thrashing by Hurricane Wilma last month, the Mexican government informed. The storm’s three-day rampage across the eastern region in late October damaged a 25-mile stretch of delicate reefs off the island of Cozumel, Mexico’s National Protected Natural Areas Commission(Conanp) said. Conanp regional director expressed the devastation in right terms when he said, “Whole colonies of coral were torn from their original site and tossed into the abyss.”
Via: Environmental News Network