The Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (159058)
Boise, Idaho
April 17, 2017 8:35am CST
This is so sad to hear about. The Great Berrier Reaf is off the coast of Australia. If you don't know about it there is a link at the bottom of this post.
For the second year in a row the area is bleaching. Two thirds of the reaf has turned white. Coral is bleached bone white or lifeless brown. It is suffering from heat stroke.
There are 1400 species of fish, 400 types of coral, 30 species of dolphins, whale and porposes, six species of sea turtles come there to breed and it goes on and on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
17 Apr 17
I have spent time there during my holiday in Australia. We were taken down a submarine to watch the fish closely
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
17 Apr 17
I'd like to visit Australia but I don't like to fly and the trip by ship is prohibitively expensive and too long
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Apr 17
@Mike197602 .....I agree. Am glad to have the internet and TV to give me a glimpse.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Apr 17
Yes, I wish the presidents would see this and do something. They don't even seem to believe there is global warming.
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
17 Apr 17
@celticeagle obama believed...I don't think trump does.
Thing is...even if they don't believe in global warming they should realise fossil fuel is a finite resource and be looking into other things.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Apr 17
@Mike197602 ......Not sure how we can educate them.
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@OreoBrownie (3755)
• Commerce, Georgia
17 Apr 17
That's awful if the bleaching does something for the food supply.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
17 Apr 17
The sea is so beautiful with all its coral and creatures.
It is sad when we hear these things.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Apr 17
I wonder what they can do to reverse this.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Apr 17
@TiarasOceanView ......They have long ago it seems.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
19 Apr 17
@celticeagle I am not sure but I wish they could friend.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Apr 17
I hope they can find ways to grow more coral elsewhere or something
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Apr 17
That might be good. Grow it elsewhere and ship it in. Wonder if that would work. They said the coral is complex and takes several things working together to form it.
@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
17 Apr 17
This is so sad....all because of global warming I guess
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Apr 17
@amitkokiladitya .......It certainly is.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Apr 17
I am sure they are looking into it.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Apr 17
I have always wanted to go there.
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@manasamanu (3746)
• Bangalore, India
17 Apr 17
This is too bad. The aquatic life is really in trouble. All happening due to global warming
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