The Consequences Of Change In The Ocean

 The Consequences Of Change In The Ocean

The ocean is earth's most important resource as it recycles the most air out of anything on earth. It also houses millions of creatures ranging in size from invisible to the human eyes and as long as houses. The ocean was also the starting place of all life, human or not.

Coral Reefs

Coral reefs are one of the most important things in the ocean, as they house at least half of the world's fish at one point in their lives and house one quarter of fish species on earth. But the coral that make up these reefs are sensitive to change and spit out the helpful algae that gives them colour leaving them bleached skeletons of what they used to be. Coral is also sensitive to slight changes in temperature and acidity, which can be fatal for them.

Overfishing

Overfishing is a serious problem as it is not leaving enough fish for everyone else. Overfishing is causing problems for some species of fish. Overfishing has made them endangered or even non existent in some areas of the ocean. Another problem caused by overfishing is that larger fish lay more eggs than smaller ones and since they are targeted by fishermen this means that they can't replenish the population as much as they should.

Climate Change

Climate change is a serious problem for places like Antarctica where the krill brought down with the cold water is the beginning of the food web and since climate change is heating up the ocean the krill is getting less abundant which is bad for the penguins and things that eat penguins. Climate change is also hurting turtles as they use the temperature to decide what gender they are and as the temperature rises more and more of one gender will be made until there is nearly only one gender of sea turtle.

In conclusion change is bad for the ocean and all of its inhabitants as it kills coral, melts ice, damages ecosystems and depletes the number of fish in the ocean.

By Rata.