The world's largest coral reef will be wiped out in 2100

A recent study by Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg of the University of Queensland shows that increasing sea temperature is the main reason leading to the risk of erasing the world's largest coral reef Great Barrier Reef in the Northeast. Australia.

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Professor Ove said that in order to survive, this coral reef must move to a location 4,000km south of its present location within 100 years. This location can help avoid the impact of coral reefs from predicting that the sea temperature will increase by 4 degrees Celsius by 2100.

The largest coral reef in the world Great Barrier Reef.(Photo: AFP / VNA)

Natural heritage areas such as the Great Barrier Reef are unable to withstand the effects of increased temperatures.

In the event that this nearly 2,300km coral reef is wiped out, the AUD 6 billion tourism industry in this area of ​​Australia will no longer exist and many other sectors such as fishing will be severely affected.

According to Professor Ove, the seawater temperature only increased by 0.5 degrees Celsius in the 20th century, but now tends to increase more strongly. As a result, coral reefs cannot move to the cool southern waters in time and cannot adapt well to new environmental conditions.

The only thing the world can do to prevent this risk is to drastically cut carbon emissions, the main cause of seawater acidification and high seawater temperatures.