Coral reefs: Vital to the oceans, vital to humansJohn Platt
Climate change is also having a significant impact on the oceans. Rising temperatures and ocean acidification are affecting marine ecosystems and the species that rely on them. Coral reefs, for example, are particularly vulnerable to climate change, with rising temperatures causing coral bleaching and ...
Tropical islands and coasts with coral reefs(珊瑚礁) also attract large numbers of tourists every year。 Indeed, this helps people develop an understanding of marine life。 however, coral and shellfish(水生贝壳类动物) can be destroyed by heavy boats. Divers, who stay under water just for fun...
Living reefs house thousands of tiny animals, known as coral polyps. They live amongst the bone remains of their ancestors. Those polyps have a close relationship with algae(海藻〉called zooxanthellae, which live inside a coral polyp's tissues. They give coral its bright appearance. The algae ...
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This debris smothers coral reefs and blocks sunlight from reaching plants and algae on the seabed.Facts and Stats1) Starting in 2001, 17 of the last 18 have been the warmest years on record.[69]2) Fossil fuels still provide the world with 80 percent of its energy needs.[70]...
This involvement of the CMA CGM Group is reflected in particular by the Reef Recovery program to restore coral reefs. These reefs are home to 25% of marine biodiversity and make up 0.2% of the ocean surface, with 2 to 4 million species including 6,000 species of marine fish. ...
Coral reefs(珊瑚礁)are suffering from warming oceans that are causing corals to be degraded (退化) and die. Conservationists are worried about how to save them,but a new study might come as music to their ears. A team of scientists came up with the unusual idea to play underwater sounds...
通读全文尤其根据第二段“A team of scientists came up with an unusual idea to play underwater sounds along degraded(退化) coral reefs of Australia's Great Barrier Reef that would copy the usual noises heard on a healthy and active reef. When they did so, they found that fish were ...
- Status of coral reefs of the world (2008) 被引量: 29发表: 2008年 A framework for understanding cumulative impacts, supporting environmental decisions and informing resilience based management of the Great Barrier Reef Wo... This project was commissioned by and developed with the Department of ...