Giant Waves Break Up Caribbean Coral

March 23, 2008

(AP) -- Unusually large waves churned by an Atlantic storm system have littered the beaches of Barbados with broken coral in what could be a sign of damage to reefs across the region, a scientist said Sunday.

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This could be a sign or this could be wild speculation.
What this couldn't be is science.
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