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A rapidly changing climate Climate change is not new. Global and regional climate has varied and changed in the past on a range of time scales due to a variety of internal and external causes ( IPCC , 2007a , Chap. 1). Organisms and ecosystems, such as coral reefs, have survived, ...
Reefs are, however, under threat from rising sea tempe***s. Heat causes the algae with which corals are symbiotic, and on which they depend for food and colour, to generate toxins that lead to those algae’s expulsion. This is known as “bleaching”, and can cause a coral’s death. ...
A. to allow coral reefs to thrive againB. to find more varieties of coralC. to survive the changing ocean conditionsD. to see how coral reacts in higher temperature(3)We can infer from the passage that___.A. climate change has the same effect on both ancient trees and coralB. ...
Around the world coral reefs(珊瑚礁) are facing threats brought by climate change and great changes in sea temperatures. While ocean warming has been the primary focus for scientists and ocean policy managers, cold events can also whiten corals. A new study by scientists compared damage to ...
Coral reefs make up a vast underwater ecosystem -- that most of us never see. An estimated one billion people worldwide benefit directly or indirectly from them and they're at risk from the continuing threats of climate change.But a team of
节选自the economist, “Climate change and coral reefs : Surmounting great barriers” 1. 物种多样性(biodiversity)。珊瑚(corals)相当于大海的热带雨林(rainforests),虽然只占据了海洋0.1%的面积,但…
Healthy coral reefs are one of the most valuable ecosystems on Earth. They provide billions of dollars in economic and environmental services, such as food, coastal protection and tourism. However, coral ecosystems face serious threats, mainly from the effects of global climate change, unsustainable...
Coralcreatesreefs,structuresintheoceanthatsupportentireecosystems.However,climatechangeisthreateningtheexistenceofsuchreefs.TheGreatBarrierReefhassufferedfourbleachingeventsinthelastsevenyears.Coralbleachinghappenswhenextremetemperaturesandsunlightforcecoralstoreleasealgaelivingintheirtissue.Thiscausesthemtolosetheircolorandtur...
(8分)Are Coral Reefs(珊瑚礁) Adapting to Climate Change?CORAL REEFSCLIMATE CHANGEFull VersionScientists reported that climate change might actually be helping ancient trees thrive(长得健壮). Now there seems to be more positive news—this time about the coral in our oceans whose population has ...