Essays on Coral Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is a beautiful structure of living organisms; in fact, it is the largest one on earth and is home to a great percent of our marine life. Coral is made up of tiny mouth like polyps. Polyps take in calcium from…

The NGO Ocean Conservancy The non-governmental organization “Ocean Conservancy,” Founded in the midst of the nascent environmental movement in1972 as the Delta Corporation began as a small organization focused on securing grants for environmental educators in Washington D.C. Ocean Conservancy is a nonprofit environmental supporter…

How are Coral Reefs Formed? Introduction Coral reefs are a beautiful ecosystem that live in the ocean, but as beautiful as it is; it is just as important to the marine ecosystem. Coral reefs help over four thousand different species of fish. There is also…

Divers Harming Coral Reefs Coral reefs are a lavish shelter and defense system found worldwide on banks of shores. The number of natural uses of reefs is immense, as coral reefs can be found in deep or shallow waters, and in any level of latitude….

In a world out of a sight and out of mind, the ocean holds some of the earth’s greatest resources. Your average person may not go diving or snorkeling every day to witness the change in our oceans, but there is sufficient information out there…

Mirs Bay through Tolo Channel, suffered an extremely high rate of mortality due to anthropogenic sewage dumping and increasing human settlement along the shorelines (Wong). To conduct their research, the authors focused on six sites along Tolo Harbour and Channel. The six sites are A…

Corals belonging to the animal kingdom, are in the same phylum as Anemones and Jellyfish. This phylum called Cnidaria, is known for having stinging structures in their tentacles, alternate life cycles between asexual sessile polyps (anemone-like and soft bodied) and sexual free-swimming medusas and lastly…