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Conclusion

Even though reefs around the world continue to struggle, there is still hope. If we
work together to raise awareness and change our behaviors, we can help coral reefs rebuild
back to their former glory. They are several ways that we can do to fix the threats that coral
reef have faced nowadays. First of all, we need to reduce our carbon emissions and energy
usage as much as possible. Reefs are dying off largely in part to ocean warming and
acidification, both of which are the result of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As the
earth becomes warm, the oceans absorb an estimated 50% of the extra trapped heat in our
atmosphere. This puts severe stress on corals as ocean temperatures rise too quickly for corals
to adapt. This is the main cause of coral bleaching. Next, we have to avoid single use plastics.
Although plastics does not give a lot of impact to the reefs on as large of scale as ocean
warming, they wreak havoc on marine environments as marine life ingests and gets caught in
our plastic trash. Plastic could also actively transport pathogens into coral reefs. Plastic items
commonly made of polypropylene, such as bottle caps and toothbrushes have been shown to
become heavily inhabited by bacteria. This is associated with the globally devastating group of
coral diseases known as white syndromes. Besides, never touch a living coral because many
corals grow just a few inches per year and are extremely fragile. So take extra caution and not
to bump or touch them as they break easily. This situation usually occurs when tourist are
diving or snorkelling under the sea, they will accidentally hit the coral reefs and cause them to
break. Last but not least, education is critical. Most of our people are completely unaware of
the plight of our global reefs and how important they are to life on earth both on land and under
the sea. So the responsible party play an important role to delivering important information
about how effective rehabilitation is to save these coral reefs from continuing dissapear.