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(1) Coral reef bleaching #coralbleaching is one of the environmental issues that isn't addressed as much as it should be. Everything in nature is part of a chain and if something is changed, everything that surrounds it has to adapt. @39CSustain
(2) There are many factors that contribute to coral bleaching such as climate change, which causes the increase in water temperatures and acidification where corals reside in, the anthropogenic pollution, and the overfishing. @39CSustain
(3) Coral bleaching happens when the algae leaves the coral host because of a change in habitat that could be dangerous for them. This results in the coral host being left without its energy source and later, dying off. https://www.livescience.com/64647-coral-bleaching.html
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(4) The gulf of Mexico is experiencing coral bleaching, for example, in the Flower Garden Bank Reefs, coral bleaching is happening because of warming waters which doesn't only affect corals, it also forms stronger hurricanes. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/coral-reefs-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-could-bleach-from-climate-change/
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(5) Corals are important to the ecosystem around it, if they're destroyed, then many marine species that depend on them will also suffer the consequences. Right now, researchers say that there are no coral reefs that are in perfect conditions. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191204170349.htm
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(6) Marine species are not the only species that depend on coral reefs, humans also depend on them, even if they might not be aware of it. It protects the shorelines from floods, storms, and waves. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_protect.html
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(7) Despite all the research being done and the warnings being given, not a lot has been done to intervene with the changes that climate change is causing. Reducing greenhouse gases is a great place to start in order to save the coral reefs.
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(8) Many experts, like Mark Eakin, have been insisting that there has to be a change and some way to target climate change since it is the root cause of all this. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/10/08/global-bleaching-coral-reefs
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