The area of ​​global coral is shrinking too fast

The coral reefs across the earth are disappearing too fast due to the effects of climate change, warning of more than 2,600 leading scientists in the oceanic industry on July 9.

This warning was issued at the International Coral Conference, taking place in the city of Cairns, in northeastern Australia.

Underground reefs provide food and work for countless residents living in coastal regions around the world, and also create tremendous profits for the tourism industry and function like a wall Natural walls prevent tsunamis and storms, scientists said.

Ocean scientists call on the world to soon take measures to save coral reefs, which are ravaged by ocean warming, acidification in the sea, overfishing of fish. and pollution from the mainland.

Coral reefs are disappearing due to human destruction

Jeremy Jackson, a senior researcher at the Smithsonian Research Institute, said 75% - 85% of coral reefs in the Caribbean have disappeared in the past 35 years.

Even the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, which is the longest and most heavily preserved coral reef, has shrunk by half in the past five decades.

Stephen Palumbi, a scientist at Stanford University (USA), points out that 85% of the area of ​​the 'Coral Triangle' in Asia is directly threatened by human activities, including status. environmental pollution, indiscriminate fishing, widespread planning in coastal areas.