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    the world, that have left many in wonder. The Great Barrier Reef, Victoria Falls, Paricutin Volcano, Mount Everest, The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, The Northern Lights and The Grand Canyon. These places are all naturally made. Naturally made places always seem more beautiful than man made places. That’s because they’re a gift from mother nature. These incredible places have lots more too them than you may think. Made up of over 3000 individual reef systems, over 1500 different species of fish, and

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    Introduction-  In this research project I am going to analyse (talk about the issues that you are going to look at) reef conservation, global warming and recreational fishing in Australia. I am going to look at three major political parties; Australian greens, labour party, liberal party. Paragraph 1   Me as a voter would look at the top for issues of the environment issues one is, reef health but also global warming and fishing because it is the biggest threat and also what I personally care about

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    The great barrier reef. An Australian icon. It makes an income of around 5-6 billion dollars per year. It is so big it covers over 2600 km and 900 islands. That is nearly the same area as Italy. Pollution. A word we hear every day. We hear about its consequences. But we still don't act up on it. Currently, 80% of the material being dumped at sea is dredged material. It contains dirt sand mud and sediment. This causes the corals to die due to the lose of algae as it cant photosynthesise. Other materials

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    The lands and seas of Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia/Oceania are no longer what they used to be. Animals are becoming endangered, the Great Barrier reef is dying, and the land has become eroded due to human impact. The main causes of loss in biodiversity include invasive species, deforestation, land and water use change, over hunting, pollution, and climate change. Southeast Asia and Oceania regions supports areas of significant biodiversity, endemic wildlife

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    There have been past three weeks since Outdoors magazine published an obituary about Great Reef Barrier. The editorial rethought about the ecosystem, its beauty, and the relevance for the Australian environment. It was a depressing reading. In my short life, I have not visited Australia (it is on my bucket list). However, it was also depressing to see how different media did not talk about GRB bleach. Even thinking about English-language media, the coverage of this incident was poor; not to mention

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    research expedition around the Coral Sea, which contains the Great Barrier Reef observing how much coral bleaching is happening. Coral bleaching is the process where the coral expels a symbiotic organism within its tissue, causing the coral to lose its color, stop growing and most likely die. This bleaching that is occurring as a result of rising global temperatures and has only started occurring in the late 20th century. Of the over 500 reefs analyzed during this expedition, only 4 showed no signs of

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    An excellent way to reverse climate change is to have trees and other plants take the carbon dioxide out of the air for humans. In many ways, “Climate change has already impacted coral reefs in the Great Barrier Reef”(Climate change Impacts on Coral.) Creating vertical forest and filling cities with buildings covered in plants will reduce or even reverse climate change thus saving these coral and millions of fish and other sea creatures. This reverse

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    temperature, climate, sun, and the weather. The ecosystem being researched is the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef is located right off of Australia. The Great Barrier Reef has around 400 types of coral and 1,500 species of fish. It has more than 3000 different reef systems. The Great Barrier Reef is one of the natural wonders of the world, and for good reason. On the Great Barrier Reef lives the Whitetip Reef Shark, Triaenodon Obesus, prefers to eat crabs and octopi, as well as other animals

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    coral reefs have died off due to a chemical process known as bleaching. NOAA states in “What is coral bleaching?”, bleaching is the by-product of corals getting too warm; when corals get too warm they expel the algae (zooxanthellae) living in their tissues, which causes them to turn completely white. Today, the remaining coral reefs are being stressed by the human inhabitants who exist upon the land masses from which these reefs neighbor; which, in turn, has caused these remaining reefs to approach

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    The Great Barrier Reef holds various types of species such as tropical fish, shellfish, and different kinds of sea plants. About twenty-five percent of the global reef systems have been destroyed by human activities. Also, sixty percent of the reef systems are endangered by some level. The Great Barrier Reef is protected by the World Heritage Area, but is still greatly impacted by humans. Pollution, mining and tourism all have affected the Great Barrier Reef in some way. In order to flourish, corals

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