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Impending Doom for the Great Barrier Reef?

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



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