Biodiversity Loss in Coral Reefs

Around the world, coral reefs have been dying due to climate change. Coral reefs are very useful to the enviroment in many ways. Coral reefs provide benefits to humans in the form of food and medicine. They protect shores from the impact of waves and storms. Coral reefs provide economic benefits to local communities from tourism. Almost all species of coral reefs were affected by high sea surface temperatures in 1998.

There are many problems that coral reefs are facing. Increasing temperatures are affecting the coral reefs. About a fourth of all reefs are at risk of collapsing. Coral bleeching is destroying many reefs. Many coral reefs cannot be restored. There are many people involved and concerned about the loss of coral reefs. The UN Conferenceon Enviroment and Development focused on coral reefs and what they can do to help them. The Australian Agency and International Union of Conservation of Nature are both involved in conserving the coral reefs around the world.

If not helped, a majority of coral reefs will die off in the next 20 to 30 years. As a result, many ocean shores will be destroyed if the coral reefs are diminished. We will not be able to obtain the medicines the coral reefs provide for the world. Biodiversity will be lost in certain oceans if coral reefs are gone. To solve this problem, we can protect the coral reefs from the damage of the rising temperatures caused by global warming. We can use our resources to create the best plan for saving the coral reefs in the end.