Learning about the Great Barrier Reef
Learning about the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef has lots of coral and is at the top of
Australia.Fish sharks and octopuses and lots of other creatures
live there.
Threats to the ReefThe coral is dying because of:Pollution
global warming and the crown of thorns starfish.The crown of thorns
is eating the coral polyps.The pollution is bad because the fish
need clear water to grow.global warming makes the earth hotter and
this warms up the ocean. The coral gets sick and loses there
colour.
There are so many ways that we can help the Great Barrier Reef
and these are some of the ways :Always put your rubbish in the bins
and dont use plastic bags that much.
Dont put oil and paint down the sinkUse your car less so there
is less pollution in the air
TourismA lot of people go and visit the Great Barrier Reef. Most
people go out on a glass bottom boat or go onto a pontoon which has
an underwater glass viewing area to see all the coral and
creatures. Some people go scuba diving under the water.
When you are a tourist you should try to keep the reef safe
by:Not putting rubbish in the waterDont pick coralMake sure that
the tourist boat takes all its rubbish and toilet waste back to
landListen to the marine biologist who gives you information on the
tour. That's a person who study's the ocean and the things that
live in it.
What will happen to the reef if we dont look after our
world?11Climate change is mostly caused by burning fossil fuels
such as oil, coal and gas. Studies show that if we dont stop
burning these things the Great Barrier Reef will die within 100
years.If that happened almost everything that lived in the reef
would die. All the fish, whales, dolphins, sharks, coral, birds
would all die. The tourists wouldnt come any more and lots of
people would lose their jobs.We should all be able to see these
beautiful things.It would be really sad if the coral died. We all
have to help to keep the world clean.
BY MARK NATTAnull202669.92
