Bleaching the Coral Reefs

Even today, a minority of critics doubt the existence of Global Warming. Corals Reefs do not lie, they bleach or turn fluorescent when it experiences heat increases as they are doing...Right Now! Justin Gillis, New York Times writer, reports on this extreme heat condition for the coral reefs of the world.

"What is unfolding this year is only the second known global bleaching of coral reefs. Scientists are holding out hope that this year will not be as bad, over all, as 1998, the hottest year in the historical record, when an estimated 16 percent of the world’s shallow-water reefs died."

Coral Reefs Bleaching

From Thailand to Texas, these coral bleachings are occurring everyday and some have even died. There is no doubt this is one of the final signs that the disasters of Global Warming are starting to occur more and more frequently. When these coral reefs die, more than one fourth of marine species will be in danger. If the coral reefs do not reform into another specie of coral and die instead, an abundance of species of coral dependent marine life will be terminated, or even worse, extinct. Though there may not be a sure cure for this phenomenon, this is definitely a warning for humans to brace for more to come.