DID YOU KNOW THE
FACT THAT OVER
THE LAST 30-40
YEARS 80% OF
CORAL REEFS IN THE
CARIBBEAN AND 50%
IN INDONESIA AND
THE PACIFIC OCEAN
HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED,
MOSTLY BY
BLEACHING.
GLOBALLY ABOUT 1%
OF CORAL IS DYING
OUT EACH YEAR.(THE
GUARDIAN
ENVORONMENT PG1)
Did you know….?
ENVIRONMENT ISSUES
PLANET AND CLIMATE CHANGE
IN 1998, THE
PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED
STATES
ESTABLISHED
THE CORAL REEF
TASK FORCE
(CRTF) TO
PROTECT AND
CONSERVE
CORAL REEFS.
THE CRTF IS
RESPONSIBLE
FOR MAPPING
AND
MONITORING
U.S. CORAL
REEFS;
RESEARCHING
THE CAUSES OF CORAL REEF
DEGRADATION INCLUDING
POLLUTION AND
OVERFISHING AND FINDING
SOLUTIONS TO THESE
PROBLEMS; AND PROMOTING
CONSERVATION AND THE
SUSTAINABLE USE OF CORAL
REEFS.
According to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
This picture shows the pollution's
threat for the ocean
There has been
a dramatic
increase in both
the frequency
and intensity of
coral bleaching
events since the
last decade, it is
important to
determine the
cause and, how
it is related to
climate change
and to find a
solution to solve
the issue.
After and before the coral bleaching
happened
For example, the fishing in general, globally-
speaking, a lot of our fisheries are either
exploited to the max if not over-exploited. It's not
quite the case in the United States, but looking
worldwide that's certainly the case. As Jennifer
Kross said everything from gear impacts
interacting with the corals as well as the effects
of removing fish off of the reef and that tends to
get things off kilter, so if removing the herbivores
which keep the algae levels down on the reef, it
is causing big shifts in the way that these coral
ecosystems function
Jennifer Koss, the
acting directorfor of
NOAA’s Coral Reef
Conservation Program
said in an interview on
april 11 2019 that the
health of coral reefs
are not improving but
unfortunately it is
getting worse.
For instance, the last
summer recently
observed a whole
bunch of bleaching
events in the pacific
and the Caribbean
that were
unexpected.She said,
there are bleaching
events in both the
main islands as well
as Hawaiian Islands
and Guam,Florida, a
few places reported
internationally as well
and in the Florida
Keys it is the worst
bleaching events
since 1998.
