America is a little confused right now. The country is
seeming to be more divided than it has been in 50 years and it is all stemming
from this presidential election. The scary thing is, president-elect
Donald Trump doesn't believe in global warming and climate change.
Climate change is a very real danger that needs to be addressed, in the
next 50 years we may see some drastic changes in our ecosystems. One of
the largest threats is to the coral reefs around the world. Rising CO2
levels in our atmosphere cause the water temperatures warm and rise, and causes
it to become more acidic. The more acidic the water becomes, the more the
reefs and all of the creatures that live in them will be affected. One
way this happens is the reefs will become bleached and the life in the reef
will seize to exist. This in turn will affect the people in these areas
who rely on the reefs to make a living. Fishing and other water related
jobs will dwindle down and the economies of these places will become very bad.
Climate change is very real and needs to be addressed before it is too
late!
Duke University. "Rising carbon dioxide threatens coral
and people who use reefs: Shoreline societies will lose fish, storm
protection." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 November 2016.
<www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161110154855.htm>.
Garrett Mulanix
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