The Great Barrier Reef is Under Attack from El Niño and Climate Change by Justin Worland

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 25, 2016
Article: The Great Barrier Reef is Under Attack from El Niño and Climate Change
Page: 14
Author:  Justin Worland
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1. The Great Barrier Reef is located off the coast of Australia.
2. The Great Barrier Reef is 130,000 square miles.
3. Answers will vary
4. El Niño and ongoing climate change
5. The warming around the water has created a mass bleaching that has taken the color and life out of the coral.
6. What lives on the coral and gives it color is called Symbiotic Organisms.
7. Warm water, pollution, and algae kill the symbiotic organisms.
8. True, when symbiotic organisms are driven, it is also called bleaching.
9. David Kline from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography said this.
10. The current bleaching problem may kill 15% of the world's coral.
11. Coral Reefs protect coastal communities from storms and flooding.
12. Coastal towns depend on coral reefs for tourism.
13. Marine life depends on coral reefs for their habitat.
14. Steve Palumbi from Ocean Scientist at Stanford University said this.
15. True, a global problem does require a global solution.
16. By reducing fishing in the area of the reef and cleaning up pollution, can slowed down reef loss.
17. 200 countries have agreed to keep global temperatures from rising more than 3.6 degrees F.
18. If these countries fail, the first victim will be the coral reefs.