Indonesia counts coral deaths cost of '05 tsunami

A 2005 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia pushed an island four feet out of the water, causing one of the biggest cases of coral deaths recorded, scientists said today.

Researchers surveying the island of Simeulue last month found that most corals along its 190-mile perimeter had been partly raised out of the water by the 2005 earthquake, with the exposed parts dying off. It is believed to be the first time that scientist have documented the impacts on corals from a quake.