"Coral Moves North to Beat the Heat"
Coral offspring are gradually moving north. Around Japan, coral polyps, or offspring are moving up to eight and a half miles per year. This has been going on since 1930. Coral needs cool water to survive and it seems that global warming is pushing this coral farther north, away from the equator. This may just save the coral from extintion. The polyps are able to grow farther north. The coral is finding a new place to live. Although this may save the coral, the species that depend on it for survival may be out of luck. "For corals it is good news, but for ecosystems, maybe not," said Hiroya Yamano.
This shows just how much we have changed our planet.
Do you think that the corals can be driven back to their native place?
How could this be done?
This is pretty interesting stuff. A moment ago I though that coral were passive, helpless creatures that will just sit there as they go extinct. It is nice to hear some good news amidst the pictures of pale dead coral all over the discovery channel. I don't think humans should worry about driving coral back to their native place as this probably isn't feasible anyway. Now, if we were to find a way to undo this climate change then the coral would probably find its way back anyway.
ReplyDeleteAs for the creatures dependent on coral for survival, I think that they will find a way to adapt to the corals' new locations.
What do you guys think they will do?
This is a very interesting article. Like connor said, I always thought that corals were boring and just sat there. I never knew that they were heading up north because of the climate change. This is another example of how our world is changing because of human impact.
ReplyDeleteI dont think that corals can be driven back to their native place. If they go back there, they will go extinct. The corals moved for a reason and i dont think humans should force nature to do something. All species make adaptations and i think the species that has been affected by the movement of the coral will adapt over time. Humans have already affected the climate and have made the corals move. I think we should just let the movement play out.
Wow, very interesting article! Before this i didn't know that coral was capable of moving to this porportion. I thought it was just basically just sat at the bottom of the ocean. I guess this shows another adaption that was neccassary for survival due to humans. I do believe that this is a big problem though. Many animals use coral as a source of food will be forced to either move with the coral or find a different type of food to eat. Both of these could be disasterous to the ecosystem.
ReplyDeleteI do not think the coral will be able to return to its native place. Global warming is going to be a problem for our society for centuries and until big buisnesses and companies are ready to give up some profit to help the environment, it is not likely that global warming will reduce. It is basically the human greed that is the cause of all this.
Wow! That's really interesting. I have taken all of this into consideration and while I think that eventually the coral may be able to move back to their original homes, it is not likely for awhile. Because of this, the species that thrived off the coral will have to adapt and find new options. I agree with Aadit when he says humans as a species are the cause of this because big companies need to give a little more to help our enviornment or disasterous things will occur. Humans should not drive the coral back to their natural home because they will just go extinct, and I think we have already caused enough harm.
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