This magnification of threats, this compounding of factors is what Jeremy Jackson describes as the "slippery slope to slime." It's hardly even a metaphor because many of our reefs now are literally bacteria and algae and slime.
Este aumento de las amenazas, la combinación de factores es lo que Jeremy Jackson llama la "pendiente resbaladiza hacia el limo". No es una metáfora, porque muchos de nuestros arrecifes ahora son literalmente limo de bacterias y algas.