The Great Barrier Reef Loss

The Great Barrier Reef, located in Australia, is the largest reef in the world with an area of 344,400km. Sadly, divers discovered that up to 50% of the reef was dead due to coral bleaching. Coral bleaching is a process that occurs when the water surrounding the coral becomes too warm, resulting in the coral expelling the algae living inside it and then turning completely white. Although coral is able to survive this process, it makes them extremely fragile and increases their chance of morality.

Over the last year a total of 12% percent of the world’s coral was bleached. Scientists have also predicted that in the future more than 5% of the world’s reefs will be dead.

Now, you might be wondering, “ how does coral reefs dying affect anything?”