Thriving Reefs
Source:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/these-remote-coral-reefs-are-doing-just-fine/2016/03/25/6bb00214-f122-11e5-89c3-a647fcce95e0_story.html
Review & Relevance:
This article gives an interesting and
refreshing insight into coral reefs that are still thriving coral reefs that subject
to little human impact. Many people consider the impacts of global warming and
natural events such as the El Niño-driven
oceanic warming to be the greatest contributing factor in
the degradation of coral reefs. However the article discusses a new report from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California that suggests otherwise. In a large scale project spanning 56 islands and 450 coral reef locations, researchers have shown that coral reefs surrounding remote islands were dramatically healthier than those in populated areas where a variety of human impacts are present.
This new evidence could re-energize conservation efforts, motivating conservationists to continue and further their work, which some argued was futile.
This links to the subject I am basing my work on by providing evidence that a large amount of coral reef degradation is indeed due to direct human impacts and can be reduced. Hence highlighting the importance of raising public awareness on the subject. I hope to achieve this by creating a range of products visually showing the impact and spreading awareness of human influence on coral reefs.
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