Story: There is an extreme bleaching event going on in the Great Barrier Reef. The spokesperson said that they called it "the worst coral bleaching event ever to hit this most pristine part of the Great Barrier Reef." The ocean temperatures are above average so the recent coral bleaching event has left "large sections of coral drained of all color and fighting for survival." Coral bleaching is when corals are stressed by changes in conditions such as temperature, light or nutrients, they expel the symbiotic algae living in their tissues causing them to turn completely white.
Questions:
1. What do you think will happen if the climate continues to get warmer?
2. If part of the coral reef dies, what could it affect?
Opinion:
1. I think that it could further damage the coral reef! It could even affect species and other things in the ocean, not just the Great Barrier Reef.
2. It could damage reef-based fisheries, it could also create exposure to the reef to coastlines from waves and storms. They economy could also be affected by this.
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I think all of the Great Barrier Reef could be bleached and a lot of animals that depend on the reef could die. If part of the reef died it would effect the cycle of life for many types of algae and fish.
The Reef will just get more damaged and that could affect the wildlife that strives off of it, and of course the beauty of it. This could happen all over the world too, and hopefully can be fixed and prevented.
I think that it is really hard to control, but I hope scientist find a way to slow it down or even stop it. It would be very sad if it kept happening until the Barrier Reef was all colorless.
The Great Barrier Reef is beautiful. I got to see it when I was in Australia, and I would hate for it to be left colorless. I think that the scientists need to keep working and try to figure out a way to stop this. It seems weird that the ocean temperature is what is causing this to happen.
I have never seen the Great Barrier Reef, but I have seen pictures! I agree, it is very beautiful! Hopefully scientists find something else that will help to slow down the coral bleaching...
Well if this continues and doesn't stop it will leave the whole coral colorless. But the climate change wouldn't just affect that part of the world but others too. Many other animals would lose food , which isn't good for them.
Yes, the scientist are very worried about the climate changed because it could damage a lot of the Great Barrier Reef. A lot of different things will be affected by this coral bleaching.
If this trend continues it will bleach the whole coral reef leaving them colorless. Climate change won't just affect this part of the world but every where and is a major issue. I think the damage to this reef could take away food and shelter for sea animals and later cause a problem from storms with major waves.
I'm pretty sure this would further damage the coral reef and keep turning them colorless. Many animals would lose food if places like these end up dying, which isn't very good for them.
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