Coral Reef Disaster

This is Ivy C's editorial for coral reefs




Coral Reef Disaster
How can we save them?



Coral reefs are the beautiful rainbow beads in the bead collection box that is placed carefully on Mother Nature’s night stand. People are very dependent on coral reefs, but they don’t realize that and because of the actions of humans, they are being destroyed. So we should help stop the destruction of these marvelous plants.

These reefs act as a barrier to protect land form tropical storms, the storms can wash away sand from beaches. But luckily, the reefs are there to prevent that from happening. Urban development has increased and trees are being cut down, so the sand, dirt, and many other types of sediment are washing onto the coral reefs, dirtying the water. They are also home to one fourth of all the fish in the world, and some of these fish can not be found anywhere else. Fishing with dynamite is very dangerous to coral reefs, for the dynamite can blast reefs apart. Forty percent of all coral reefs have already been wiped out, scientists predict that up to twenty percent more will disappear in twenty years of we don’t stop hurting them. If we manage to help the reefs, then the next generation of people will be able to see them. Pollution and dumping sewage into the ocean is another factor adding up the list of things to stop on order to save the reefs.

It may not seem like it, but coral reefs are very important to humans for survival, and so we must not let them go extinct. Some ways to help are to stop littering, volunteer to help clean up parks and beaches, conserve energy, and don’t waste. Mother Nature only has a few beads left, but if we help her, than maybe she will be able to collect more.

Ivy C.