Essay On Coral Bleaching

Coral reefs are vital to our marine ecosystems and essentially ours as well. They are the foundation of marine life and its diversity as well as a big part of human economics. Since coral reefs are so fragile it’s hard to maintain their beauty and life without ruining them. Lately, fisherman and multiple accounts of human activity have destroyed the coral reefs and the population of reefs all of the worlds is decreasing. While we have already lost 27% of coral reefs, why do we care if more die too? The great barrier reef in Australia was pronounced “dead” which opened people’s eyes to the importance of coral reefs. They’ve experienced severe destruction due to coral bleaching which is why people need to acknowledge their importance and how they would affect the socioeconomic views as well as human views since “58% of the world 's coral reefs are potentially threatened due to human activity.” (Cesar, 2003) As we all know coral reefs are unstable in marine life. A recent issue in the ocean is coral bleaching which is the second killing machine of coral reefs. Coral bleaching is the expelling of algae when water temperature increases causing the tissues in the coral to turn completely white (NOAA, 2011). Coral bleaching takes place in 3 stages, the …show more content…
We as humans have over 58% to do with the destruction of the coral reef, and we don’t fully understand the importance of the coral reefs and what they do for the marine life and the ecosystem as a whole. The Great Barrier Reef that was pronounced dead was a complete eye-opener to the whole coral bleaching situation that is occurring all over the world. We as a nation need to come together to educate each other on this issue because although the coral reefs are only 1% of earth’s ecosystems it will have a huge effect on our everyday life. Little by little if we take steps to protecting our reef’s they’ll no longer be in danger and continue to thrive in our