The Reef Crisis

Have you ever wondered what it would be like not being able to explore what is beneath us? Coral reefs are being threatened by human activities and other problems that involve us. I think that people should realize what they are doing to ruin these natural beauties of the ocean. Even if we aren’t doing things to hurt the coral reefs, we should still try and help prevent them from happening.

Coral reefs are important to the lives and worlds of many fish and plants.
The coral reefs that are being harmed and killed because of us have a twenty percent chance of recovering. Underwater rocks in the Caribbean are dying because of over-fishing and oil spills. This goes for coral reefs around the world. About ten percent of the world’s reefs are destroyed because of humans. This percentage should rise by about 30% in the next twenty years, if we keep this up. More than half the coral reefs are at risk of dying because of accidents that we don’t know we cause. Problems that are putting the reefs at risk are over-fishing, oil spills, and more. How would you feel if our homes and lives were being destroyed? Would you feel sad? Angry?

People should notice what they are doing to harm the homes of many sea creatures. To help the coral reefs, you can join the Coral Reef Alliance Organization, a non-profit organization to help the coral reefs, and pay attention when fishing or working. Coral reefs have been here since dinosaur times so let’s keep them here try to keep them here until eternity.

Tiffany S.