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Are there any behaviors that you are really willing to change or to improve for the sake of the environment? What challenges do you encounter or think you will encounter while trying to change these things? What help, support, and insights from others would make your life easier with these new behaviors?
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Don't Bleach Your Coral
Global warming is a real issue. Our earth is warming much more than it should be and this is damaging a lot of life that co-exists with us on this earth. One such item that is being drastically effected by the climate change are coral reefs. Coral reefs are delicate but basically support a whole ecosystem of fish and other creatures. The colorful reefs are very important, but very delicate. Many, can be killed with just one touch. The problem for the colorful organisms is color-loss. When it gets too hot the coral reefs release the algae in them making them “bleached”. When the coral reefs become bleached, the fish that live in and around the coral field les protected so they venture out and farther from the coral reef. This sudden fearless often gets the fish killed. In fact the death rate of fish who live without protection because of the bleached coral increases their death rate by 75%. This is tragic. I really want to know if there is any way to stop the relea se of algae by coral in the warm temperature (only because it is harder to cool down the earth)?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 … EBjVY3wvIU
I agree, this is a major problem. Coral reefs have been destroyed and continue to be endangered. I wrote a report about an article discussing a project in Belize attempting to restore a severely damaged reef along the coast of southern Belize.
In the article in mentioned a section called “Building a reef in 5 steps”.
The steps are:
1. At the coral nurseries, staghorn and elkhorn corals are placed on tables, providing support for the artificial growing of the species: cookies containing elkhorn corals and ropes, planted with the staghorn corals.
2. Made from a mix including cement and sand, the cookies are tied to trays using fishing line.
3. The ropes are broken into pieces, threaded through strands of braided fiber ropes, and then strung across the metal frames.
4. Once the corals are grown and harvested in the nurseries, they are transplanted in large plastic buckets, soaked in seawater and protected from the sun.
5. Over 80 percent of the nursery-grown coral have survived this movement in the reefs.
Here is the link to the article: http://discovermagazine.com/2014/sept/1 … dying-reef