Coral bleaching

In Stranded Deep, you take the role of a plane crash survival victim stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. You have sharks, deserted islands and shipwrecks. This survival game has some of the most stunning graphics. Like that is probably one of the best aspects of this game is how good the game developers made the graphics. The sunsets and the moonlight that shines off the ocean is breathtaking. It leaves you saying, "Wow!" The audio is also good, but it has pretty much everything that…

“ The sea, the great unifier, is a man’s only hope. Now, as never before.” - Jacques Yves Cousteau. Which means we are all in the same boat. Life exists throughout the ocean. More than 70% of the ocean is salt water. The ocean gives us oxygen, excitement, food mystery, and more. Most about the ocean has yet to be discovered. The ocean is just now starting to be understood. The ocean has many organisms ranging from small single-celled plankton, to the largest mammal on Earth. The ocean is very…

All of God’s creatures are organised into classifications. One of those creatures is the Sea Urchin. Sea Urchins are classified in the kingdom of animalia and their phylum is Echinodermata. While usually known as the Sea Urchin their scientific name is Echinus esculentus. Echinus esculentus’ meaning is “a Sea Urchin that can be eaten”. Sea Urchins may not seem like an existing animal but they are one of the most unique animals in the sea. The Sea Urchin has very unique and interesting…

food from coral reefs, and reefs as a whole might be worth around $172 billion for every year they continue to provide essential services to humans, like food.” Humans get these food sources from coral reefs through fishing. Another physical thing that we can get from coral reefs is medicine. Because coral reefs contain lots of good chemicals and fungi that can be turned into medicine, they are a great source for many diseases. Examples also “Coral Reef Alliance” that medicine from coral reefs…

Did you know that the Great Barrier Reef is main contributor to the Australian Economic, contributing $6.4 billion a year! Many Australians believe a price cannot be placed on the Great Barrier Reef, resulting in it being Priceless! The Reef is one of the top tourist attractions in Australia, with a $56 billion value along with $3.2 billion for recreational use. Why do the Australian’s, tourist and the economic value of Australia Need the $56 billion reef? Just to name a few reasons why: 1. The…

the importance of the reef. The Great Barrier Reef is located in Australia and is assumed to be originally discovered by early Aborigines who inhabited the gigantic island for over 40,000 years. It has gradually built itself up over time. As new coral thrived upon dead ones it created a wall of beauty and strength. The particular area that surrounds the Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s most magnificent areas containing…

Geographic Explorer. He sees Tahiti as an almost impossible goal to preserve and is looking for untouched places where no humans have been. They say it could be the key to saving the world's ocean exploring these other islands. In which we can save many coral reefs by seeing the ways that the people of the world like the scientist are preserving. The first island they visit is Flint built out of ancient…

nervous, but I got the hang of it after a while. I saw all sorts of fish and even a sea turtle. It was so pretty underwater, but after about thirty minutes, we had to get back on the catamaran to go to another location to snorkel. When we got to the Coral Gardens, it was very different from the Barrier Reef. It had different types of fish and even stingrays. The stingrays frightened me because they weren’t used to being around people like the ones at the Stingray Sandbar. The fish there were…

because it adds a lot of nutrients to the water. This is dangerous for vibrant corals since they aren’t used to the nutrients in dirt and soil, which causes viruses thaten kills them (Heyman, Kjerve, et. al.). The amount of sedimentation in the water could be prevented if there was a smaller amount of upturned Mangroves. Their roots are directly in the water, which causes a different current and breakage of the corals in addition to sediment in the open water. The large amount of new…

Things to do / Activities Island Hopping in Coron Coron has some pretty amazing lagoons, surrounded by cliffs and limestones. The main attractions are the freshwater Lake Kayangan, but also the Twin Lagoon and the Barracuda Lake are equally impressive. I recommend doing island hopping to get to see all these places. Pretty much every tour operator and hotel in town can help you organizing island hopping. Tour A and B seems to cover most of the main attractions. The most photographed…