The Great Barrier Reef

The coral living in The Great Barrier Reef has been loosing its colors and dying over the last few years because of many different things like pollution, pesticides, and climate change, but the biggest reason why is because of warmer water temperatures. The coral eats the algae that grows on them but because of the rising water temperatures the algae is dying which is slowly killing the coral. Since The Great Barrier Reef is a World Heritage Area loosing all the coral in it would be a great loss to the other marine life living there.


https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/05/05/the-impact-of-climate-change-on-the-great-barrier-reef?zid=313&ah=fe2aac0b11adef572d67aed9273b6e55

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