Biologists are saying that their is a great concern for the worlds great barrier reefs. If some drastic changes don't happen soon, the great barrier reef could be dead within 20 years.There needs to be a huge cut in the greenhouse gas emissions or there will be drastic changes occurring. Because of the rising temperatures, and as a result rising sea temperatures, the corals that live within the sea are becoming bleached and dieing. Not only are the corals being bleached, the rising temperatures are making the oceans become more acidic and is preventing the corals from being able to create their limestone skeletons. he rising temperatures of the sea plus the increase in acidity could be harmful and deadly for the reefs of the oceans. If things keep going the way they are going, within 20 - 50 years there could be no more living corals within our oceans. This is not the first we've herd of this, the warning signs have been around for a couple of years now. This has been around since 1998, when there was a major bleaching event that occurred in the oceans causing an alarming 16% of the worlds corals died.
Global warming is not only having an effect on the worlds oceans, this is also affecting the rain forests and glaciers. Something needs to be done and it needs to be done today. If hings keep going the way they are going then the worlds oceans, rainforest's, plants, animals and us will suffer the consequences.
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~www.ocean.com
1 comment:
This is so very sad. Unfortunately many people just don't care.
Cathy
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