Corals need better protection from climate change.
The corals
are often being studied by scientists because of their vital role at the bottom
of marine food chain. If corals were to go extinct this would cause irreparable
damage to entire marine food web, leading to decline and extinction of many
marine species.
The latest comprehensive
study done by scientists from Potsdam, the University of British
Columbia in Canada
and the Universities of Melbourne and Queensland
in Australia
argues that corals will find it very hard to adapt to climate change even if global
warming is restricted to the increase less than two degrees Celsius.
Warmer sea
temperatures will lead to more frequent and more intense coral bleaching, and
if you also add increased acidity of our seas into the equation you can see why
coral will find it extremely hard to survive.