Connecting the Dots Between Corals and Humans (n.d.). In National Ocean Service. Retrieved
September 9, 2021, from
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This interview is about socioeconomic connections between coral reefs and humans. The guest speakers, Peter Edwards and Maria Dillard, talk about their research of this connection and about how to express their research and concerns about the coral reefs to the public in a way that they can understand the severity of the slow destruction of coral reefs.
Neme, L. (2010, August 15). The biology and conservation of declining coral reefs, an interview
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In this interview, Kristian Teleki, the Vice President for Science Initiatives for Sea Web, covers the importance of coral reefs, their biology, threats, and possible solutions or alleviations to their threats. Teleki goes in depth about his experience with different coral reef projects and the serious threats to the coral reefs now and in the future if we continue life like the coral reefs will be here forever.
Causes of Climate Change (ND). In The European Commission . Retrieved September 24, 2021, from https://ec.europa.eu/clima/change/causes_en
This website explains why greenhouse gases are harmful to the environment. Greenhouse gases produce carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases.
Fine, M. (2019, January). Coral Reefs of the Red Sea--Challenges and Potential Solutions. In Science Direct. Retrieved
September 8, 2021, from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235248551830519X
This website is about the Red Sea Coral Reefs, their challenges, and potential solutions to those problems. It has many tables and graphs of data for the different challenges, their causes, and their possible solutions.
How do coral reefs benefit the economy? (2021, February 26). In National Ocean Service. Retrieved September 27, 2021,
from https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_economy.html
This website describes the dependency that humans have on coral reefs in their areas. They provide jobs, recreation, and income for business owners. It also covers the threats to coral reefs from humans, such as pollution and habitat destruction.
Mandel, J. (2021, February 15). Red Sea coral reefs 'under threat' from Israel-UAE oil deal. In Phys Org. Retrieved October
15, 2021, from https://phys.org/news/2021-02-red-sea-coral-reefs-threat.html
This website covers the oil deal Israel made with the United Arab Emirates and about how it could cause severe oil spills. The oil will be transported at the Eliate port, but experts say that because of the port’s closeness with the Red Sea, the oil could easily spill into the sea.
Oil spill in Mauritius calls for more efforts to safeguard coral reef ecosystems (2020, August 23). In UN Environment
Programme. Retrieved October 15, 2021, from https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/oil-spill-mauritius-calls-
more-efforts-safeguard-coral-reef-ecosystems
This website focuses on a specific oil spill in the waters of Mauritius, where there are coral reefs and recreational sites that are beautiful because of the undisturbed environment. Now that the oil spill has polluted the water, these ecosystems cannot be as amazing as they once were. This is an example of human threats to coral reefs.
Puiu, T. (2017, June 1). Coral reefs generate $36 billion in tourism every year but we offer little in return. In ZME Science.
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This website is about the importance of coral reefs to humans. They bring tourists, help businesses, create recreation, and create jobs. They produce about $36 billion around the world.
The Arc Centre of Excellence Coral Reef Studies. (2016, April 20). Only 7% of the Great Barrier Reef Has Avoided Coral
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This website addresses the coral reef bleaching throughout the Great Barrier Reef and explains how the reefs can be saved. There are graphs and photos further explaining the parts of the Great Barrier Reef that are most affected by coral bleaching.
Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1999). Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world’s coral
reefs (Vol. 50, pp. 839-861). Collingwood, Australia: Csiro Publishing. Retrieved
September 8, 2021, from https://www.publish.csiro.au/MF/MF99078
This excerpt from Climate change, coral bleaching, and the future of the world’s coral reefs talks about mass coral bleaching throughout the world and the possibility that if solutions to this coral reef problem are applied, the adaptation might be too slow to stop the decline of coral reefs. This excerpt also covers the importance of coral reefs, the science behind mass coral bleaching, and the consistency of the location of coral bleaching. Pictures and graphs are given to illustrate the troubles that are erupting because of climate change and coral bleaching.