called the rainforests of the oceans, because of the rich diversity of life they support. Scientists

have not yet finished counting the thousands of different species of plants and animals that use or

live in the coral reef. There are three types of coral reefs: fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls.

Fringing reefs are located close to shore, separated from land by only shallow water. Barrier reefs

lie farther offshore, separated from land by lagoons more than ten meters deep. Atolls, on the

other hand, are formed far offshore and they make a ring-shaped reef that close a circular lagoon.

Coral reefs are the largest biological structures on the planet, with the largest being the Great

Barrier Reef covering over 2000 kilometers along the east coast of Australia. The reef is said to

be 500,000 to 2,500,00 years old and is said to be visible from the moon.

There is only one problem with this beautiful structure and that is the carelessness of man.

Silt from deforested lands and pollution from crowded coastlines choke them, and overuse by coal

miners, fisheries, and even tourists deplete and destroy co

worried of how much longer the reef can survive with all these visitors to the reefs. Global warming

just one decade. Scientists believe this will start to show a change in the reef. Scientists have

in nutrient-poor tropical seas. This relationship is sensitive to such changes in the environment as

depth, and wave action. These factors exposes the reef to changes in the environment very easily

making billions of dollars on their coral reefs. Everyone must work to gather to stop the pollution

protected. the fight is economical not ecological. Such as Australia and the Caribbean who are

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