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The Great Barrier Reef
The coral reefs are complex structures, and many habitats are built from the limestone that is produced by hard corals. These reef-building corals are extremely vulnerable to rising sea temperatures and if there are no hard corals it will reduce the habitat of many other reef creatures. If this happens it will be an absolute disaster because there will be very little life left in The Great Barrier Reef.
We can help preserve The Great Barrier Reef by using less energy, taking public transport, walking or cycling instead of driving a car, buy environmentally sustainable products, open windows instead of using air conditioners, drying clothes on the line. But this will only work if we all work together. So Reduce, reuse and recycle and together we can make a difference.
Watch this video to see the impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef.
The Great Barrier Reef is at risk from climate change, which is a devastating geomorphic threat. The Great Barrier Reef is a living organism and like us humans, acts differently to different climates. When there is climate change, the sea temperature rises and this can be devastating. Some results of this are dead coral, differences in the fish's swimming abilities, growth and reproduction.
(Robinson, 2015)
The Great Barrier Reef is an extremely unique place and we need to preserve it for future generations! Humans are constantly polluting the world and even more pollution could lead to losing The Great Barrier Reef. An example of this is, turtles think that plastic is jellyfish and they eat the plastic and choke! We need to stop pollution in oceans and just in general or else there will be nothing left of the Earth anymore.
Contains areas of exceptional beauty, it represents stages of the Earth's history, it has outstanding examples of significant ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of the Earth, it contains the most important and significant natural habitats and includes threatened species of outstanding universal value.
The Great Barrier Reef is found at the top right hand side border of Queensland. Although the Great Barrier Reef is monstrous in size, it's located at 18.156290 degrees South and 147.485962 degrees East.
2300 kilometers long
- The Largest Living structure on the planet.
- Home to countless plants and animals.
- 600 types of hard and soft corals, more than 100 species of Jelly fish, 3000 varieties of molluscs, 500 species of worms, 1625 types of fish, 133 varieties of Sharks and sting rays, and more than 30 species of Whales and Dolphins
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The Great Barrier Reef
By Joshua Yeoh