Summary
Human activity and the climate has caused 75 percent of reefs to be at risk. The big human impact it the overfishing, coastal development and lack of watersheds. The highest threat is near Asia with a 95 percent chance of destruction because of the overfishing. These percent are only getting worse. If coral reefs were to start getting destroyed it could cause lots of problems. The only good thing is reef have shown in the past to be able to survive extreme damage.
Reflection
This would become very serous soon if some thing isn't done about it. If reefs were to get destroyed it would effect social and economic way of life. Many different species live in a reef and maybe thats why reef can survive extreme damage, but if thats true then that mean if they were to get destroyed it would have a huge impact of the food change and would even affect humans. I have seen forest get burn and the habit destroyed and I would hate to see that happen to the reefs.
Question
1) How do you think reefs are able to survive extreme damage?
2)Do you think the reefs will be able to survive the damage the human did?
3)What do you think should be done to fix this problem?
Tittle: 75% of coral reefs threatened
By the CNN wire staff
CNN
February 2011
95%!? Wow thats a big number! It is ashame that coral reefs are getting destroyed. I personally love to look at coral reef photography because it is quite beautiful. What I do not understand is if they can survive extreme damage then why are they getting destroyed??? Like you mentioned above it is also just like how forests are being destroyed by humans chopping them down, or forest fires. I think I can say that no one wants to see all of coral reefs be destroyed, so people need to take action and try to help keep coral reefs from being destroyed.
ReplyDeleteHere is an add that I found that WWF made to convince peopleto help save coral reefs. I thought it was creative and catchy.
http://assets.panda.org/img/copy__2__of_coral_reef1_256576.jpg
I never knew coral reefs were even being destroyed and now I learn 75% of them are at risk! It is amazing to me that the main reason for coral reefs being at risk is because of overfishing.When I was younger I used to be obsessed with looking at pictures of coral reefs because I thought they were so cool and colorful. Now that they being destroyed I'm almost hurt that people are the cause of it. I just hope that since they can survive extreme damage they can make it a little longer until people start to realize how big of a problem this could turn into.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your second question I believe some coral reefs will be able to survive. I hope by the time more are destroyed that the humans realize what were doing and start to fix the problem. Also in answering your third question, I think we should set a limit on fishing. We should only be aloud to fish a certain number of seafood in order to decrease the amount of overfishing that is causing our coral reefs to be destroyed.
I'd heard about the problems with coral reefs before, but 75% is just mind-blowing. I think this is a good article because it shows that water pollution doesn't just affect the quality of water, it also affects the organisms living in it. Coral reefs are important for numerous different reasons, this article names a few: http://www.reefresilience.org/Toolkit_Coral/C7a_Importance.html
ReplyDeleteIn response to the third question, I think laws should be passed to limit the amount of fishing that can be done, especially in Asia where the problem seems to be the worst.
Coral reefs are so pretty, lots of different colors and types to look at. I never really knew that coral reefs were even having a problem and they never came across to me as being a problem. Although, this does make sense since they are sensitive to temperature and the climate change is very severe. I also know that these reefs are home to many sea creatures, and without them a lot of aquatic organisms would die. I think that it depends if the coral reeves will survive or not depending on when the humans realize what they're doing has a major impact on these reefs. If they realize it in a few years, it might be too late and the reefs won't have a chance. But if they recognize this problem now, I do think that the reefs could possibly survive.
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