Most coral reefs in the Atlantic are headed for collapse
https://www.earth.com/news/most-coral-reefs-in-the-atlantic-are-headed-for-collapse/
by Cristiano1
Most coral reefs in the Atlantic are headed for collapse
https://www.earth.com/news/most-coral-reefs-in-the-atlantic-are-headed-for-collapse/
by Cristiano1
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“A study based on 400 reef sites around Florida, Mexico, and Bonaire found that more than 70% of the region’s reefs will stop growing by 2040. By 2100, over 99% will be affected if global temperatures keep rising.
Coral reefs grow when the organisms that build them, mainly hard corals, are healthy and multiplying. But reefs aren’t invincible.
When water gets too warm or polluted, corals bleach – they lose the algae they rely on for food – and many die. Coral disease and declining water quality also weaken reef systems.
In the Atlantic, this damage has already shifted which corals are surviving. The key reef-building species are becoming rare, and what’s left often can’t keep up. Fewer corals means less growth, and that leaves reefs falling behind rising sea levels.”
The entire planet is headed towards collapse
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