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Coral Reefs
With the rising temperatures, numerous reef systems are at the brink of death
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there are countless ways you can help the coral reefs and it all starts with appreciating them as living creatures and being able to sympathize with them.
roles in ecosystems
Permaculture is a design system that aims to achieve a holistic model that reflects nature.
Utilizing permaculture ethics, principles, and concepts can shift us from relating separately from nature to a paradigm of cooperating as nature.
Designing systems that mimic nature creates interconnected and regenerative outcomes. We can re-position ourselves into our ecosystems as beneficial facilitators instead of unsustainable consumers.
Coral reefs are the central living force in coral reef ecosystems, which is incredibly important to the stability of other ecosystems. Coral reef ecosystems provide important coastal protection for other ecosystems, mainly shore ecosystems.
Healthy coral reefs provide a natural barrier against waves, storms, and floods, which helps prevent erosion and the loss of life. Reefs are also central to the biodiversity of the ocean. They are important spawning, nursery, breeding, and feeding grounds for various organisms, mainly fish. This makes coral reefs one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world.
Coral reef ecosystems are more diverse than any other shallow-water marine ecosystems, while only covering less than one tenth of one percent of the ocean floor. Coral reefs sustain more than 800 hard coral species and more than 4,000 species of fish. Coral reefs also play a vital role in human life as well, providing a key source of economic opportunity and food supply. They are important fisheries and also a source of tourism, both which benefit the economy.
Yet, in mankind’s eagerness to make the most of the benefits of this intricate ecosystem and the various life forms that it is home to, they have also put the coral reefs at risk.
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How are they threatened?
In the past few decades the changing climate and rising temperature of the oceans have increased the number of coral bleachings with the Australian Great Barrier (the largest barrier reef in the world) experiencing a number of mass bleaching events in recent years. However, the Great Barrier reef isn’t the only reef that has been experiencing coral bleachings—coral reefs all over the world are experiencing bleachings and degradation with the recent rising temperatures and acidity of the ocean.
Fortunately, coral bleachings don’t necessarily mean coral death and in some cases corals have been able to recover from bleachings, but only given that the circumstances improve. Recently, environmental conditions have only worsened and many corals that have suffered from coral bleachings have only become further degraded. Scientists predict that as the climate continues to change and the temperature and acidity continues to increase, nearly all the coral reefs will die in the coming decades or so.
why are coral reefs so important?
Coral reefs are the central living force in coral reef ecosystems, which is incredibly important to the stability of other ecosystems. Coral reef ecosystems provide important coastal protection for other ecosystems, mainly shore ecosystems.
Healthy coral reefs provide a natural barrier against waves, storms, and floods, which helps prevent erosion and the loss of life. Reefs are also central to the biodiversity of the ocean. They are important spawning, nursery, breeding, and feeding grounds for various organisms, mainly fish. This makes coral reefs one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world.
Coral reef ecosystems are more diverse than any other shallow-water marine ecosystems, while only covering less than one tenth of one percent of the ocean floor. Coral reefs sustain more than 800 hard coral species and more than 4,000 species of fish. Coral reefs also play a vital role in human life as well, providing a key source of economic opportunity and food supply. They are important fisheries and also a source of tourism, both which benefit the economy.
Yet, in mankind’s eagerness to make the most of the benefits of this intricate ecosystem and the various life forms that it is home to, they have also put the coral reefs at risk.
Coral reef action contact
Please contact our coral reef manager at:
info@sentientmovement.com