Two Perspectives

There are many reefs in the world being affected by climate change and cloral bleeching. Two of these reefs being affteced are the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and Seychelles Reef in the Indian Sea. These reefs are being destroyed daily and soon will not be functioning. The reefs are to examples of how the world is being affected by global warming.

The Great Barrier Reef is being affected in many ways. Climate change is the main reason that the reef is drastically facing diffiulties. If the water stays warm for too long, the coral will die about a month after. Coral bleeching is a result of climate change. Many coral can not grow in place of the dead coral quicly enough. Coral bleaching can eventually become an annual tragedy. The rate of bleaching occuring is much higher than the reefs recovering. The Great Barrier Reef is at risk and can eventually stop functioning by 2030. Due to these effects, the Great Barrier Reef will not be able to survive in the next thirty years.

Another reef being destroyed is the Seychelles Reef. More than ninety percent of coral bleaching is caused by the El Nino effect and the Indian Ocean dipole. After the coral bleaching in 1998, the coral reefs in Seychelles have been damaged. Recently, researchers have found that coral bleaching has completely destroyed many reefs in Seychelles. The reefs can not be restored because the reefs are unhealthy and can not obtain enough larve to restore the reefs. The Seychelles Reef will be completely destroyed because of it's inability to restore the damaged coral.



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