Another fact is that archaeological evidence shows that when the earth was a few degrees warmer, some 4,000 to 7,000 years ago, El Nin may have been less frequent. The report cited biosphere II experiments which suggested that corals would perish with more of that bad ol' CO 2 dissolving in the water, lowering the pH and diminishing the amount of aragonite available to corals. But once again, the reporter failed to include some salient facts. One is that a single study of this nature is far from conclusive. Another is that warming is supposed to drive out CO 2 from the ocean layer and lower the concentration.
Coral reefs seem to have been delivered a double blow.
If temperature doesn't get them, then the chemistry will. I'd say that it was science and objectivity that had been dealt the blow by shallow and biased reporting. But even recovery on this time frame depends on two unlikely assumptions. First, that there will be no more bleaching events, and that carbon dioxide levels can be made to fall instead of rise. Fear is a primary tool in manipulating opinions, and hence we find the frequent use of emotive words in the report.