Less Coral on The Great Barrier Reef in the Future
November 28, 2050 - Scientists claim that the Great Barrier Reef has lost 95% of the corals since year 2000. This is due to the global warming and increased water temperature during the last decades. Since the temperature will continue to increase during the coming 50 years, there is a risk that all living coral will disappear in the future.
The corals consist of individual polyps, live creatures only a few millimeters in diameter, which join together to form colonies. Each polyp lives inside a hard shell of aragonite, which is what we recognize as coral. Algae create the colors of coral, but when the water remains too warm for too long, the coral is stressed and bleaches. If it takes too long for the water to cool again, the coral dies and turn white.
The Great Barrier Reef consists of more than 3,000 reefs, which range in size from 1 hectare to over 10,000 hectares in area, outside the northeast coast of Australia. It has for a long time been a popular destination for tourists, and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is an important source of income for the local and Australian economy.
Argument: According to the study The Implications of Climate Change for Australia's Great Barrier Reef, presented by WWF Australia and the Queensland Tourism Industry Council, 95% of the corals at the Great Barrier Reef will be lost.
By Pontus Edenberg
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Comments:
Natural environments will be preserved and even restored.
Posted by: furture
Interesting that over the past decade we have seen the largest increase in carbon emissions in human history, yet average temperatures for the same time period have remained the same. Is it possible that global warming is not man made and is in fact crap?
I will allow the overwhelming consensus of the "scientific community" to respond now.
Posted by: dj
I don't believe in Global Warming, but I'm not sure about the Coral dyin that way. All I have to say is I hope it eon't die so quickly because of humans.
Posted by: Geo
I seriously doubt the Great Barrier Reef will die of completly. It was been known to dissapear and reappear throughout geological history.
Posted by: Firaz
As far as im informed its predicted that cooler times are coming in upcoming decades.
Posted by: Stranger
i think it is a very nice way of giving us information on 2050 and with accurate date and time. thank uuuuuuuuuu
Posted by: pallavi