The Dying Coral Reefs
Fagan O’Connor
Recently, many people have been noticing that the coral reefs off many coasts in the United States are losing their vibrant color and turning white. This is due to a variety of issues, but the main causes are lesions eating the coral, and SCTLD (Stony coral tissue loss disease). While this may not seem like a big deal, coral is vital to oceans because they provide habitats for many animals, and they help protect coastlines from events like tropical storms. The dying corals seem to be spreading at a very rapid pace, and soon all coral could die. Also, since coral is so difficult to study (it does can not be grown outside of the ocean), little is known about how to prevent the diseases and save the coral.
Links :
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mysterious-coral-disease-ravaging-caribbean-reefs
https://www.greenandgrowing.org/unesco-great-barrier-reef-danger/
Discussion Questions:
How do humans impact corals?
What ideas do you have to help save coral?
How do you think that coral can contract SCTLD?
How does it make you feel that coral could become extinct and leave many animals without homes?
If we stop dumping in waste into the ocean than maybe it will be cleaner- Biermann
ReplyDeleteIf we cant really study it how can we find a way to stop it?
ReplyDeleteDevion Harris
Maybe keeping the ocean clean by the help of the community and other human could help keep the coral safe and clean.-Anadia Phillips
ReplyDeleteI heard that it takes a long time for the coral reef to grow and if it is dying rapidly there could be no more for a long time or completely-Tamara
ReplyDeleteIf we stop being careless on where our trash goes, then i think it would make a good impact to the ocean. -Gabby
ReplyDeletewe need to be better and take care of the trash that goes on around the oceans. the coral reef provides people -Aiden T
ReplyDeleteHow does the SCTLD (Stony coral tissue loss disease) start or attack the coral in the first place? Where does it come from? If we can stop the disease, we can save more coral. Juan D
ReplyDeleteAlyssa Morales
ReplyDeleteIf the coral is beginning to die at a rapid pace that means lots of species are also in danger. If there really is no cure or no one is sure of what's happening maybe they should begin to think about if they can move the wildlife to another location. Or maybe if they can make artificial coral until they can fix the real thing.
I think that a lot more research needs to be done on coral, so that we are able to understand why the reefs are dying. In addition to this, it makes me worried that coral is dying because, this could effect the whole food chain and other species of aquatic life. - Fagan O`Connor
ReplyDeleteI think we as humans need to do a better jobn at not letting the coral reef go bad because we are the oines who are causing them to die - Jack O'Leary
ReplyDeleteput simply, humans dont consider reefs as a big part of our lives. -shamus
ReplyDeleteIt's sad that this is happening to the coral reefs. More research should be done to understand why this is happening and how to stop it.
ReplyDeleteI think that just like everything else that global warming is what is affecting the coral, I think that they are not used to the changes in water temperature and it is hurting them. Lilly Pearson
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