University of Edinburgh. “Ocean Acidification Puts Deep-Sea Coral Reefs at Risk of Collapse.” ScienceDaily, ScienceDaily, 17 Sept. 2020, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917105321.htm.
The ocean surrounding Southern California has been measured as the most acidic pH level ever recorded on living coral reefs. Scientists have begun to observe these living reefs, along with the skeletons of the dead coral, to see how the acidification is affecting the ocean and it’s ecosystems. The acidification is greatly impacting the growth of the coral reefs. They are also beginning to crumble and shrink rapidly. Deep-sea coral reefs are in the most danger because they are the reefs that are most affected by acidification. The deep-sea coral reefs located in Southern California are serving as a window into the future because they are what most of our reefs could possibly look like at the end of this century.
Once again, I am disheartened to learn about what is happening to our reefs. I think that ocean acidification and its effects should be taken more seriously by the population. As I mentioned before, the reefs located in Southern California serve as a way to look into the future, meaning that we already know what to expect. This should be motivating people to take action and help our reefs, but it sadly isn’t working. I am hopeful that researchers will continue to observe our reefs and make more discoveries that can help their overall health.
Hello, great job here! I feel like there is mostly disheartening and sad news about reefs these days, not a lot of positive. This is very sad, yet not surprising as we keep poisoning the waters and we don’t stop because the reefs are under the water and we can’t see them for most of the time. I also agree that we desperately need to educate far more on ocean acidification as it doesn’t look to be stopping at any time and you hardly hear anyone talk about any part of it and that needs to change. We need to get people way more aware of this. My question to you is, how many years do you expect until most reefs look like this one in Southern California if we don’t change anything?
Great post! I also did coral reefs, I didn’t come upon this article when researching, but I’m really glad you did because I was able to get more information about the sad truth of whats happening to our coral. I think the population needs to pay more attention to whats happening and we need to find more ways to help, because the coral reefs have so many benefits that can really impact us if they start disappearing more rapidly.
I loved reading this post! It is so sad that we are continuing to fill our water with trash and causing more harm than we can see. I totally agree with you, this topic is not really talked about ocean acidification effects needs more attention from the world so we can hopefully clean up our oceans and coral reefs.