Carsten Smith: Coral Bleaching

Coral bleaching is a rising problem in today’s oceans, but I feel that the area where coral is most at risk is near the Gulf of Mexico, the coast of Florida, and the Caribbean, and in the waters surrounding East Asia. I think that the coral is most susceptible to coral bleaching around East Asia because of the high levels of pollution coming out of the industrial nations of that area of the world. I feel that the coral in the Caribbean are in danger because of rising water temperature because of global warming, and natural disasters, which can change the depth of water, and physically kill a lot of coral. I feel that although we cannot immediately stop any of these problems now, we can make steps towards the future with stable marine conditions, we can still do our part to replenish the worlds coral populations. I heard earlier this week on the radio that as a science project a man and his daughter tried to breed coral, and now the state of Florida is spending millions of dollars to expand this families “science project” into a major breeding center for the many endangered species of coral, and has proven to actually accelerate the expansion and development of coral to other areas other than the areas where they are planted and can definitely help replenish the falling number of coral, which can even keep future species of coral from going extinct.