Overfishing has the biggest impact on reef fish communities, while climate change has the greatest impact on corals. Here, a blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swims in the shallows in the Cocos-Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean

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Overfishing has the biggest impact on reef fish communities, while climate change has the greatest impact on corals. Here, a blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swims in the shallows in the Cocos-Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean

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Overfishing has the biggest impact on reef fish communities, while climate change has the greatest impact on corals. Here, a blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swims in the shallows in the Cocos-Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean photo copyright Tane Sinclair-Taylor taken at

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