The Coral Reefs Article Date: Wed. September 29, 2010

This article is about the effects that this long and hot summer took in the coral reefs in the Caribbean. What happens is that this last summer the temperatures were extremely hot so the water in the Caribbean started to heat up really fast. When the water in the Caribbean got hot, the algae that provides them food if forced due to the temperatures ad the coral reefs bleach or appear white. When the coral reefs get white, they are lifeless and they can easily obtain and transmit infections. The fish are forced to move to a better place and that place would be inhabited by fish
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What interested me about this article is that as shown in the map, the Caribbean is highly affected by this and I personally love going to the beach here in Venezuela and love doing snorkel and watching coral reefs and fish. As shown in the map, the south of the Caribbean is the most affected part, this is where I go! I wonder how many coral reefs died this summer. I would like to go to places I was before in order to contrast how it is now, and how it was before. It's really sad how the world is unstable now a days. There are a lot of disasters and fore me, the ocean is a really important thing, that we must maintain healthy, clean and it bio-divercity ver well preserved now that there are some species in danger.
This is also another way to compare this article to my life. This article does affect my life and the beaches in where I live. Besides I would feel really sad if there were lots of damages to Los Roques, I love that National Park and it's got one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I would hate to see it in danger and I can't do anything about it!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923104217.htm

The Coral Reefs Article