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Impending Doom for the Great Barrier Reef?

One of the great natural wonders of the fished for their shells. This leaves the
world, one would think the Great Barrier population of starfish unchecked.
Reef was permanent. Unfortunately, it is Another of the several dangers to the
proving to be all to vulnerable to the Great Barrier Reef is global warming.
effects of a changing world. While many of the other effects of global
Impending Doom for the Great Barrier warming are much more publicized, this
Reef? warming trend also affects coral. Many of
With the diverse ecosystems that have the types of coral on the Reef are
evolved around coral reefs, it is very already living at the top end of their
important to protect them and keep the temperature tolerance, and some of them
areas in balance. In no coral reef area have been "bleached" by releasing their
is this more important than in the Great photosynthesizing components due to the
Barrier Reef area near Australia. The high temperature of the water. This shows
largest coral reef in the world, the the white exoskeleton of the coral. If
Great Barrier Reef is home to over 500 the water that causes this bleaching does
different types of algae, 30 types of sea not lower within a month, the coral will
grasses, 30 species of whale and six die under these conditions.
different breeding species of sea turtle Of course, the biggest danger to the
- and that's just the beginning! Great Barrier Reef comes from man.
One of the biggest dangers to the Great Chemical and farming runoff, as well as
Barrier Reef is not man-made or caused by other pollutants, creates an
man in any way. The Crown-of-thorns uninhabitable water area around the Reef.
starfish is devastating to the coral reef This can kill off the coral as well as
itself, as it is a natural predator of the other animals and plants that live in
coral. Thought to be native to Australia the area. Coastal development of the
(but not known for sure), the cities around the ocean shore area has
Crown-of-thorns starfish is thriving at also affected the Reef. Our best bet for
this time because it actually does better taking care of the Great Barrier Reef is
in the poor quality water that has begun to watch out for human impact on the
to infiltrate the area. This starfish area.
also reproduces quickly by laying many Richard Monk is with Facts Monk - a site
eggs at a time, and it's natural with facts about everything.
predators, the Giant Triton, are being




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