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Global Warming Begins
Global warming is the process of the earth heating up from greenhouse gases trapping heat. Pollution has caused a hole in the ozone layer of our atmosphere and let in radiation from the sun and its being trapped by the greenhouse gases. Now because of this hole the water is rising and heating up. That sounds nice but it's very bad. The water is heating up and certain animals can't live inside of it and they have nowhere to go. Coral is alive and is dying from the heat. -
Coral bleaching found in the great barrier reef
Bleaching found in the great barrier reef: people started to notice that the great barrier reef had started bleaching in a certain area. Loomis reef is one of the best parts of the reef and it was detected there and people started to panic. Small fish started to disappear, then larger fish and then it was all empty. The fish could no longer hide inside the reef because they stood out so they left or were eaten. -
Montara Oil Spill
The Montara oil spill was caused a well head accident spilling out oil for 74 days. The oil slick was 9 miles long and 30 meters wide. It was the biggest oil spill in australia at the time. They got all of the workers off the rig before they started spraying dispersants on the oil to stop it from spreading but didn't get it all.soon a fire broke out on the rig and they had to put it out before they could seal the leak. The leak was sealed on November 9 2009 after the fire was put out. -
El Nino began
El nino is a period of time where it is somewhat hot and not cold. It brings in different air patterns and constant rain. The air is dry and it's hotter than usual. Certain areas of the country are hotter than usual and there is no cold area’s. El nino happens for a year or so but it happened for 6 years in the famous california drought. The ending brings in la nina. -
Great barrier reef crown of thorns starfish spawning season
The great barrier reef is made up of 6 islands and 1200 miles of coral attached to australia. The coral is in threat by crown of thorn starfish. The cycle outbreak started in 2010 and had them eating the coral of faster growing coral like staghorn and plate coral. It helps the other coral to live longer and form colonies but this is more difficult because of the bleaching. The coral can't grow fast enough and the starfish are eating most of the coral that is bleached so the coral is in danger. -
93% of the Great Barrier Reef is bleached
93% of all coral in the reef is affected by coral bleaching. That means we are close of losing the biggest coral reef in the world. The coral can fight off the bleaching effect be we have to give it a chance. The more pollutants we use gives them a smaller chance of recovery. The bleaching effect ruins the corals look and takes away from australia’s tourism effect. -
El Nino ended, La nina begins
La nina is the opposite of el nino and it occurs after el nino somewhat cold and not hot. La nina marked the end of the hot years in california. In australia the cool front brought in a little bit of a relief to the coral. The water cools down and the coral has a chance of fighting of the bleaching the end of el nino was thursday, June 9. The temperature has been going down recently. The next el nino is unknown but since the last el nino was so long it shouldn't show up for a while.
