Article 10- Remote reefs reveal thriving coral cities
San Diego researchers found an underwater coral ecosystem, that amazes them because it's vibrant than anything they've ever seen before. There were vast coral cities of towers and caves, sharks were swimming around and other sea life. Coral reefs are made up of the skeletons of coral polyps, which accumulate over millennia to form branching structures that host fish, mollusks and other marine life. Around the world, reefs have declined because of overfishing, pollution and coral bleaching, through which warm waters prompt corals to expel microorganisms that help them survive. However, the Scripps findings sets a benchmark for what a healthy coral reef should look like and this offers hope for restoration of degraded reefs. Nicole Price's studies reveal, that reefs off unpopulated islands maintained more favorable water chemistry than those affected by humans, allowing them to build stronger, more resilient reef structures.
I chose this article because it is very rare for coral reefs to be thriving so well. Within the news we often hear, that coral reefs are actually disappearing and dying due to the destruction of their ecosystem i.e. water pollution. This article shows that despite all this chaos and destruction going on there is still time and hope out there to restore the beauty of nature. In addition, this also relates with "Tragedy of the Commons" because the ocean is a part of our lives and everybody uses it but because of us we are slowly destroying it, for example, pollution, overfishing and coral bleaching. I believe that in order to restore and preserve the coral reefs we must establish stricter laws and regulations.
I chose this article because it is very rare for coral reefs to be thriving so well. Within the news we often hear, that coral reefs are actually disappearing and dying due to the destruction of their ecosystem i.e. water pollution. This article shows that despite all this chaos and destruction going on there is still time and hope out there to restore the beauty of nature. In addition, this also relates with "Tragedy of the Commons" because the ocean is a part of our lives and everybody uses it but because of us we are slowly destroying it, for example, pollution, overfishing and coral bleaching. I believe that in order to restore and preserve the coral reefs we must establish stricter laws and regulations.