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Amanda Benbow
9/18/2014 02:28:51 am
It's very sad that the coral reefs are being destroyed. Is there anything us humans can do in order to save the reefs? What causes the coral reefs to continue dying?
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Halie Palmer
9/22/2014 08:48:15 am
The news of knowing that carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is being absorbed by the ocean is sad to hear. Making matters worse, it is more difficult for many marine organisms to grow their shells and skeletons, and threatens coral around the globe, is sad to learn.
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Toni Ann Widmaier
9/23/2014 07:06:42 am
Silverman and his research crew have established a clear connection between modern emission trends from carbon dioxide that add to the coral reef destruction. Clearly we need to focus as a society on innovative ideas to reduce emission patterns. Economics aren't as concerned with the environmental aspects of modern technology, however it's clear that it needs to be a focus now in order to preserve nature in ways we didn't even expect. Coal extraction needs to be regulated by the government in order to attempt to reduce emission trends.
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Eric N
9/18/2014 09:37:32 am
Why does one of the contributing interviewees say that the Great Barrier Reef is half a million years old? It even stated in the article that the rate of growth is changing (currently declining), so why use a constant rate of slow growth model to estimate the age of the reef to be 500,000 years? At Pandora Reef 1.8 meters of coral has grown in the last 118 years. On this basis the whole 10 meter thickness of coral that makes up this reef would have taken only about 660 years to grow. A rate of 15 mm per year. Using this model the Great barrier Reef could be, and is more likely only 3,700 years old.
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Alex Tuohy
9/21/2014 11:14:03 am
After reading this article i now realize what pollution, and global warming can do. Even the smalled peice of garbage can do alot, and can hurt alot. These corla reefs have been around for so long, and were doing great until the industrial revolution, and all the pollution and spills, etc. We really need to stop pollution, and protect our waters to save the coral reefs.
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Bobby Hampton
9/21/2014 11:32:32 am
After reading this article i know look at coral reefs a bit different. The numbers said it all when it said in the article that oral growth rates have plummeted 40% since the mid-1970s. Pollution plays a huge factor in these numbers. Ever since pollution increased, the coral reefs numbers decreased. This shows how crucial pollution is to the ocean and especially the coral reefs. Coral reefs have such a large history and have been around for the longest time, and now they are slowly decreasing.
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Justin Kail
9/22/2014 03:38:59 am
After reading this article, I have noticed the full potential of pollution and global warming. It is sad that the coral reefs are dying out. I feel that it is necessary to save our waters and try to control pollution and everything in order to keep the waters pure.
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Alonna Lougee
9/23/2014 09:10:46 am
It is very sad to know that our coral reefs are being destroyed so quickly. I now have realized how serious the issue of pollution is and how much it is increasing. I think we should work on saving our waters and keeping them clean.
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Erin Crosby
9/23/2014 09:35:41 am
the fact that coral reefs are decreasing because of the carbon dioxide absorbing into the water is scary. Marine animals and the ocean in general really benefit from coral reefs. I wonder how our ocean will be a few years from now when coral reefs exponentially keep decreasing in size and disappear all together. Our ocean will be disadvantaged because of the loss of coral reefs and our ocean will soon be either damaged or destroyed.
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Evan McPolin
9/23/2014 09:51:30 am
I think humans are a little selfish because when man first kind started every other species had a good amount and we werent carefull enough to care about the others and how we would effect them by fishing or polluting our ocean. A whole species has to suffer for our mistakes.
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Chelsea Doherty
9/23/2014 10:00:29 am
I never realized that coral reefs were slowly dissapearing. When I think of something becoming endangered, I think of an animal not the coral reefs. In order to protect the coral reefs we have to stop polluting our earth.
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Matt Di Vilio
9/23/2014 10:00:45 am
With the decline of coral in Coral Reefs it's an alarming thing because what would a coral reef be with out coral? With global warming on the up rise and with fossil flues at an all time high Carbon emissions are increasing as well. With them at an all time high it also goes to our waters and that is not good. It is going into the waters and killing some of the coral in the water which is effecting the Coral Reef ecosystem. With coral dying other things in the ecosystem will be effected by this to and other species will start to decline to.
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Briana Brandao
9/23/2014 10:14:38 am
Before the article, I did not realize how much pollution and global warming affected coral reefs. No matter how big or small the affect is, it all adds up and can be very damaging. If we keep negatively impacting the earth, we could lose coral reefs all over the world due to this. It is essential that we do all we can to stop the pollution that we are causing, and we have to try to protect the coral reefs, as well as saving the earth in general.
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Victoria Velez
9/23/2014 10:59:03 am
The article has made it clear that carbon emissions in the water are severely impacting the coral reefs. The decrease in the growth of coral is alarming because of the fact that the potential cause is human activity. Marine life in this particular ecosystem is extremely important to biodiversity in this environment. Having fewer amounts of coral for the marine life to thrive off of creates more problems in the future more then just decreasing growth of coral.
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Vinny Molinaro
9/23/2014 11:29:27 am
Knowing that coral reefs are getting destroyed also puts a big impact on the extinction of certain invertebrates. These invertebrates use coral reefs as a place to love and without them would have trouble surviving.
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Keshawn Williams
9/23/2014 12:27:00 pm
Reading this article did indeed shock me. To find out that such a well known part of the ocean is decreasing is very sad information to read. Just to think that all this is happening due to acidification should make it easy to correct/fix if I'm right. We know the problem (Cause-and-effect) therefore, my question is why wouldn't people who know about the situation especially marine scientist and specialist be able to go in and reverse what is occurring? It just goes to show how little people care about the environment and other things that don't pertain to their personal lives which could in return affect us in the near future, but is definitely something we as growing adults should take note of and change in ourselves.
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Keshawn Williams
9/23/2014 12:29:36 pm
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Jordan McKnight
9/23/2014 02:14:44 pm
I would never think that something that effects the air would effect the ocean also. Definitely not the coral reefs. By regulating big factories and companies we can save one of the most beautiful underwater structures. If we were to lose coral reefs it would not only have a huge impact on the oceans and all the life inside of it. It would be a huge loss of beauty i the world and show that big business does not care about the environment.
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Mackenzie Barton
9/23/2014 09:37:29 pm
It is heartbreaking to know that coral reefs are being destroyed. And it sucks that we don't know why. I wish we as humans could help because coral reefs are beautiful and I couldn't imagine them being gone.
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Kayla Riley
9/23/2014 10:04:23 pm
It would be very sad If the coral reefs disappeared forever due to pollution in the air! I never knew that pollution had such a huge impact in the waters. I think everyone needs to step up and do something to try and help what is going on.
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Emily speranza
9/23/2014 10:24:49 pm
I think it is scary knowing our coral reefs are being destroyed. Us as humans need to protect the reefs more because we are the only ones who can truly do so. Coral reefs provide a home to many species, and if all the reefs die out, no one will be able to protect it.
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Eric
9/24/2014 06:34:22 am
I thought the coral reefs have always been in good condition. But after reading the article I find it really upsetting that that are being damaged. It forms carbonic acid, H2CO3, which makes the ocean more acidic and decreases its pH. We need to protect the coral reefs so that the organisms that live on the coral do not die out.
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Eric Rafaraci
9/24/2014 06:36:03 am
I thought the coral reefs have always been in good condition. But after reading the article I find it really upsetting that that are being damaged. It forms carbonic acid, H2CO3, which makes the ocean more acidic and decreases its pH. We need to protect the coral reefs so that the organisms that live on the coral do not die out. Save the reefs.
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Tanner F
10/2/2014 03:09:50 pm
With coral reefs destroyed so quickly there should be something we could do to stop that. If coral reefs get destroyed some fish wont have a home and will die off.
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