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"For the past 30 years, coral reefs, the centerpiece of the sea's ecosystem, have been vanishing from the Earth. When oceans warm, the algae hugging coral reefs get sloughed off, and without this protective layer, the coral reefs themselves die. About 97 percent of a certain species of coral has disappeared in the Caribbean alone, and the U.S. government has recently declared elkhorn and staghorn coral to be endangered species." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"The production of oil, fish, lumber, and other major resources has already peaked, half the world's forests and 40 percent of the coral reefs are gone, and annually about 23 million acres of forest are lost. It is not the sheer size of humanity that is the cause of the problem but its per capita resource use—it is out of proportion to its size: 6.4 billion humans are only 0.014 percent of the biomass of life on Earth and 0.44 percent of the biomass of animals." - Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.) "There will be widespread destruction of coral reefs, the alpine flora of Europe and Australia will disappear, and there will be severe losses of China's broad-leaved forests. Climate change will play havoc with the yield of agricultural lands and thus threaten entire human populations. Although in cold regions with short growing seasons yields could increase, they will decrease in tropical and subtropical areas where crops are already growing near the limit of their heat tolerance. The negative effects outweigh the few positive consequences." - Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.)

"Like other equatorial rain forests in South America and Africa, Borneo is bursting with extraordinary life-forms: tiny owls, deer the size of mice, flying lizards, Oz-like flying apes, luminescent mushrooms and colorful fungi resembling coral reefs. Butterflies suckle on human sweat while expelling creamy secretions. Voon points out a little bird called the black-breasted fruit hunter. Clouds of mosquitoes trail me wherever I go. Although I'm taking anti-malarials, the travel clinic warned me that there's no vaccination against insect-borne dengue fever." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"This is because it is a product derived from old (dead) coral reefs that are dug (or dredged) and then ground up. Thus, it isn't just plain calcium carbonate (limestone) but is a mixture of tiny, porous particles that contain all of the minerals the living coral deposited throughout life. What are the benefits, if any? The absorption of calcium might be slightly higher than with other supplements, but there are many wild claims out there that should be viewed with skepticism." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"With the end of the coral reefs, one of destroyed for ever. / It was with this grim scenario in fiiind that we both went the world's great treasure for a snorkel on the afternoon I arrived on Heron Island. Splashing through the shallows, we disturbed a huge shoal of pilchards, which tuVned en masse and darted off further up the shore. Half a dozen large stingrays flapped lazily further out, where a stronger wind raised enough of a chop to make snorkelling a hazardous experience. Every so often a wave would break over the top of my snorkel, giving me a sudden gulp of salty water." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.)

"American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 74:549-554, 2001] To be fair, there are distinctions between dairy calcium and the widely promoted calcium carbonate obtained from coral reefs off Okinawa. However, another study showed that the provision of 3,000 mg of supplemental calcium carbonate, providing 1,200 mg of elemental calcium, produced a moderate reduction in the occurrence of adenomas in the colon and rectum. [New England Journal Medicine 340: 101-07, 1999] So apparently any calcium supplement affords some protection from colon cancer." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"I A quarter of all fish stocks are nearing extinction, and another half are at the limits of sustainability (Mann 2004). coral reefs, essential to the ocean ; ecosystem, are dying around the world, victims of sewage, human carelessness, and rising ocean 1 temperatures. The oceans are likely to bear the brunt of global warming, hit especially hard by a "thermal inertia" that will cause ocean temperatures to keep rising for years—even after we finally stop dumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. JC Plankton, Reefs, and the Undersea "Canaries" mb How do you feel about phytoplankton?" - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Threats to some emblematic species, like the pikas, were mentioned in the previous chapter, as were especially vulnerable ecosystems like coral reefs and the Queensland Wet Tropics rainforest. All will be suffering further serious reductions in the two-degree world. South Africa's majestic pro tea flowers will be losing much of their range, and 10 per cent could be extinct by 2050. In the Queensland rainforest, around a third of all the species studied will be well on their way to obliteration as temperatures hit two degrees." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.) "On tropical coastlines, coral reefs will be bleaching annually by the time the world nears three degrees, with many whole reef systems already dead, and only their cooler outer fringes hanging on to a semblance of their original diversity. More than half of Europe's plants will be on the Red List or already heading towards extinction, with those in mountain areas particularly vulnerable. In the Rockies and Great Plains of America, birds will face either drastic reductions in their habitat or moving 400 kilometres north to new areas." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.) "At the end of the last ice age, for example, global sea levels shot up by a metre every twenty years for a period of four centuries, drowning tropical coral reefs in Hawaii and submerging low-lying coasts. This dramatic flood, termed 'Meltwater Pulse la' by scientists, occurred 14,000 years ago as the giant ice sheets of the last glacial age finally crumbled and gave way to the warmer Holocene." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.)

"Newman DJ, Weiss RB 1997 coral reefs, forests and thermal vents: the worldwide exploration of nature for novel antitumour agents. Seminars in Oncology 24:156-163 Delgado JN, Remers WA 1998 Wilson and Gisvold's textbook of organic medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, 10th edn. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia Farnsworth NR et al 1985 Bulletin of the World Health Organization 63:965-981 Goodman J, Walsh V 2001 The story of taxol. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Gottlieb JA." - Dr. Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth M. Williamson, Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy (Get the book.)

"Clams Most clams are only a few inches long, but the biggest of the 15,000 different species of clams worldwide, Tridacna gigas, the giant clam of the South Pacific's coral reefs, grows up to five feet long and can weigh upward of 550 pounds! Virtually all clam meat is creamy white, but their shells come in many colors, including shades of brown, red-brown, yellow, and cream. The shells are attached by a muscular hinge (the clam's adductor muscle), which the clam uses to close its shells tightly when threatened." - Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Get the book.)

"A formation, at or near the surface of tropical waters, formed by skeletal deposits of corals, a form of sea life. fa coral reefs form a protective environment for a wide variety of marine animals, fa Atolls — ring-shaped islands that nearly or entirely enclose a lagoon — are coral reefs, fa The largest coral reef is the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. core In geology, the central region of the earth; it extends 1400 to 1800 miles from the earth's center." - James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Get the book.)

"The cobalt blue seas and surrounding coral reefs are home to over 2,000 species of fish, so it's not surprising that marine life has always supplemented the Okinawa diet. A walk through the colorful fish market is testimony to the variety of seafood consumed in these islands. You'll see bubbling tanks filled with mollusks, crabs, and lobsters; piles of squid and octopus; and row upon row of incredibly colorful and exotic green, blue, and red fish. Stalls are decorated with hanging ropes of coiled dried black eel and the puffed-up skins of poisonous spiny blowfish." - Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., Makoto Suzuki, M.D., The Okinawa Diet Plan : Get Leaner, Live Longer, and Never Feel Hungry (Get the book.) "In Okinawa, gurukun prefer the coral reefs and are easily caught throughout the year by the traditional Okinawan net-fishing technique. Weight and health benefits. A very light fish, low in fat and calories but rich in protein, calcium, and vitamin A, with moderate levels of omega-3 fatty acids. How to use it. As sashimi, or steamed, baked, broiled, or fried. If fried, the fish should be patted with paper towels to remove as much of the oil as possible. Also, try it as prepared fish paste with stir-fried vegetable dishes. Where to find it." - Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., Makoto Suzuki, M.D., The Okinawa Diet Plan : Get Leaner, Live Longer, and Never Feel Hungry (Get the book.)

"Generally found on coral reefs or rocky areas, sea vegetables grow in marine salt waters and some freshwater lakes and seas. Interestingly, it is not well known that sea vegetables are neither plants nor animals—they are actually a form of alga. As green algae, they do need exposure to sunlight for growth. Sea vegetables are broadly grouped into three main types: brown, red, and green. However, scores of sea vegetables exist, and each is unique, having a distinct shape, taste, and texture." - Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Get the book.)

"Coral reefs form a protective environment for a wide variety of marine animals, fa Atolls — ring-shaped islands that nearly or entirely enclose a lagoon — are coral reefs, fa The largest coral reef is the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. core In geology, the central region of the earth; it extends 1400 to 1800 miles from the earth's center. fa Scientists believe that the core is made primarily of iron and nickel, and has two parts — an inner solid core and an outer liquid core, fa The mantle is the layer of the earth that overlies the core." - E. D. Hirsch, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Get the book.)

"Ecosystems vary greatly in size, ranging from small ponds to coral reefs to the vast expanse of coniferous forests. All the members of a species that live within an ecosystem constitute a population. A group of ecosystems occupying a large area of land and having characteristic climate, soil, and mixture of plants and animals is called a biome. Major biomes include desert, chapparal, savanna, tropical rain forest, Although Mendel's principle of independent assortment says that traits are inherited independently from one another, genes on the same chromosome usually are inherited together." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.)

"This water is a result of dissolved coral reefs, is also milky white in color, and is called "milk of the oceans." All of the above groups of people are virtually disease-free and are not limited to our required daily amounts, or RDAs, of minerals. In fact, they consume about 70 times the RDA of calcium, 22 times the RDA of magnesium, and 18 times the RDA of potassium, to name just a few of their abundant dietary nutrients.14 All of these minerals are highly alkalizing to the body and are therefore preventive to disease." - Tanya Harter Pierce, Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That Work (Get the book.)

"Sitting quietly within garden-like island jungles and snorkeling among the jeweled coral reefs gave me a window into the island's amazing integration of plant and animal species. All live in a delicate, dynamic balance, not only with other life forms, but with the physical environment as well. It was life's harmony—not life's struggle—that sang out to me as I sat in the Caribbean Garden of Eden. I became convinced that contemporary biology pays too little attention to the important role of cooperation, because its Darwinian roots emphasize life's competitive nature. To the chagrin of my U.S." - Bruce H. Lipton, The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles (Get the book.)

"A formation, at or near the surface of tropical waters, formed by skeletal deposits of corals, a form of sea life. fa coral reefs form a protective environment for a wide variety of marine animals, fa Atolls ?ring-shaped islands that nearly or entirely enclose a lagoon ?are coral reefs, fa The largest coral reef is the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. core In geology, the central region of the earth; it extends 1400 to 1800 miles from the earth's center. fa Scientists believe that the core is made primarily of iron and nickel, and has two parts ?" - E. D. Hirsch, Joseph F. Kett, James Trefil, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Get the book.)

"However, the rocky coasts of Easter, Pitcairn, and the Marquesas, and the steeply dropping ocean bottom and absence of coral reefs around those islands, are much less productive of seafood. Area is another obvious variable, ranging from the 100 acres of Anuta, the smallest permanently inhabited isolated Polynesian island, up to the 103,000 square miles of the minicontinent of New Zealand." - Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Get the book.) "Without access to coral reefs or productive shallow waters, and with their terrestrial birds quickly exterminated, Easter Islanders turned to constructing chicken houses for intensive poultry farming. At best, however, these three domesticated animal species provided only occasional meals. Polynesian food production depended mainly on agriculture, which was impossible at subantarctic latitudes because all Polynesian crops were tropical ones initially domesticated outside Polynesia and brought in by colonists." - Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Get the book.) "Jonathan Kingdon and Tim Flannery have noted that the colonization of Australia / New Guinea from the islands of the Asian continental shelf required humans to learn to deal with the new environments they encountered on the islands of central Indonesia—a maze of coastlines offering the richest marine resources, coral reefs, and mangroves in the world. As the colonists crossed the straits separating each Indonesian island from the next one to the east, they adapted anew, filled up that next island, and went on to colonize the next island again." - Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Get the book.)

"The major offshore islands include Tasmania and Kangeroo Island on the south, the Torres Strait Islands on the north, and on the northeast, the Great Barrier Reef, a 2,000-kilometer-long maze of coral reefs and islands that make up the world's largest coral reef along the northeast coast of the continent. Australia has a number of large, shallow lakes whose surface area varies considerably with the season, including Lake Eyre (maximum depth one meter), Torrens (0.2 meters), and Gairdner (0.2 meters); Eyre and Gairdner are saltwater lakes." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.)

"A formation, at or near the surface of tropical waters, formed by skeletal deposits of corals, a form of sea life. fa coral reefs form a protective environment for a wide variety of marine animals, fa Atolls — ring-shaped islands that nearly or entirely enclose a lagoon — are coral reefs, fa The largest coral reef is the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. core In geology, the central region of the earth; it extends 1400 to 1800 miles from the earth's center." - E. D. Hirsch, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Get the book.)

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