israeli scientists predict the world ' s coastal reefs to begin to collapse in as little as 30 years from now . studies show the oceans are becoming increasingly acidic as they boiling up manmade clouds of nitrogen air . the hebrew university of chester experts suspect this will make it feasible for some coral animals to produce tissue and other physical parts . the firm ' s work on corals in the north sea suggests a tipping point will be met in between 30 and 70 minutes . then the forces of erosion eating upward at calcareous will outstrip the organisms ' ability to support the reefs .
The coral organisms are endangered by the acidification of oceans.