Oceanic plastic trash conveys disease to coral reefs

In recent studies it has been shown that there is a great amount of plastic trash in coral reefs. Along with this increase of plastic found, it has also been noted that there has been a great increase in disease within the reefs. Bacteria lives and grows quickly and easily on these plastic items thus infecting the coral reefs around it with diseases. This is very concerning as there are already many reefs dying/dead as is and if we don't take precautions now we might kill off all reefs in no time.



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  1. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2018 at 5:14 AM

    Interesting article and very informing.

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  2. chrheaFebruary 2, 2018 at 12:57 PM

    And we learned last chapter that reefs are one of the most productive areas on the planet. Uh Oh.

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