If you search Australia for scenic spots, the Great Barrier Reef must be on the list.
The world's largest coral reef group, more than 2000 kilometers long, has more than 400 species of reefs, 1500 species of fish, more than 4000 species of molluscs, and a dream habitat of 242 species of birds.
But was foretold.
Will probably disappear in our generation!
However, as government talks about protection, he plans to knock down 2000 hectares of pristine forest nearby!
Albinism is serious!
What is coral albinism?
Albinism is a precursor to coral death.
The color of corals is the color of symbiotic algae in the body.
Turbid water quality, high water temperature, insufficient light and other problems will cause symbiotic algae death or leave.
The only corals that lose symbiotic algae are dying corals attached to their bones, waiting for life to wither completely.
(picture from Tencent video)
From the end of the last century to the present, the Great Barrier Reef has experienced four large-scale whitening, in 1998, 2002, 2016 and 2017.
It will take 10 years for each albinism to fully recover.
By the time they got worse last time, many scientists had realized the seriousness of the problem.
Brett Lewis, lead researcher on coral reef research at Queensland University of Science and Technology, has given advice:
Control emissions.
The ocean absorbs 93% of the Earth's heat, and rising global temperatures put a lot of pressure on the survival of coral reefs.
(photo from the Internet, March 2016 heat change)
Coral reefs are intertwined biological chains.
If coral reefs are hit harder, it means that the molluscs and fish habitat can no longer provide food and living environment, then it will become a dead place!
There are even expert analysis: the Great Barrier Reef will disappear in this century!
Did not attract attention!
Even if the albinism of the Great Barrier Reef is already so serious, protection plans are imminent.
But the Australian government does not seem to take this seriously.
Great Barrier Reef? No, no!
We're going to develop economic!
Entsch was appointed by Morrison last month as special envoy to protect the natural wonder of the Great Barrier Reef, but now he has once again expressed his longstanding view:
Support the demolition of 2000 hectares of pristine forest and land clearance near the Great Barrier Reef.
He also mentioned that government was also very supportive of his ideas.
As soon as this statement was made, everyone said:
Are you having a problem?
Because experts have long warned that such behavior can destroy the Great Barrier Reef, because clearing the area can cause sediment to flow into the rivers that meet the Great Barrier Reef.
These silts, with insecticides and precipitated materials used in agricultural production, can damage coral growth, block light, and exacerbate the outbreak of toxic spindle, which is one of the reasons for coral death.
Some people, represented by Entsch, raised objections
Global warming and deterioration of water quality are not the main reasons for the gradual disappearance of the Great Barrier Reef.
Why don't you think about how much plastic some people throw into the sea for corals to eat?
In fact, what Entsch said is not completely unreasonable. Although climate change has always been considered to be the main cause of coral albinism, marine litter has indeed brought threat to the survival of many marine organisms.
In fact, as early as last year, some people in the parliament proposed to push down the original forest to clean up the land, and even introduced the draft resolution.
Because farmers think they have rights to do everything they can to increase production, such as expanding planting areas, and relevant science, technology and staff can find ways to minimize the damage caused by land clearance.
Does government have to ignore the development of economic?
Are you really going to knock down the primeval forest and let the soil flow into the river and flow to the Great Barrier Reef?
All this has to wait for the final decision.
Let's go to the world and have a look!
It may be in our lifetime that the natural miracles of millions of years may cease to exist.
Maldives will be swallowed up by sea level rise and is expected to disappear in this century.
The Kilimanjaro glacier has shrunk by more than 80%, and the snow top is likely to melt and disappear in 10 years.
The unique "Equator Snow Mountain" wonder will bid farewell to the world.
And the Great Barrier Reef mentioned today, it has been greatly smaller than in the past, the past glory is no longer.
Is the coral reef in the muddy sea alone waiting for the last color to wither and end the life it does not care about?
Is it true that this dream ocean, which has a history of 25 million years to witness the changes of the earth, is really going to end in this century?
Is this world natural heritage, known as the "most biodiversity", the only natural heritage left when the next generation appreciates it?
Each of us has a responsibility to protect our homes.
Of course, Impressionist also suggested that if you have time, go to the world to have a look.
Now!
Every cluster of coral on the Great Barrier Reef is blooming with colorful beauty, every fish leaves the trajectory of life in the sea, and every corner of the world carries the original memory of the blue planet.
May you walk through hundreds of millions of light-years in a short tunnel of life.