
Why are Coral Reef so important?<>
-Provides
home to thousands of living species
-Reefs protect the land or
shoreline from storm erosion. Waves break
on the reef and water behind the reef is relatively calm
Threats to coral
reefs:
How are
Coral Reefs damanged?
-Industrial Pollution
1. Natural
activity:
-Sedimentation
-Extreme storms - like hurricanes
-Over-fishing
-Volcanic
eruptions
-Oil Spills
-Drastic
temperature changes (like el Niño)
-Tsunamis

-tourist
industry (people walking on coral or breaking off coral)
| How To Save Coral
Reefs |
|
| To Home Page |