- Corals are fundamental organisms for reefs. They control the climate, the weather, the oxygen we breathe, they are a source of life.
- Without a healthy ocean, we don't have a healthy planet.
- They are the foundation of the marine ecosystem.
- They do not have a life expectancy; they continue to live as long as their environment allows, and we are altering that environment.
- In Hawaii, there is a large number of different coral species, which is why they banned the sale of sunscreens containing the chemicals we know.
- Many medicines for humans come from corals, including two to fight cancer.
- Oceans absorb 93% of all energy and CO2, and if they didn't, the temperature on Earth would be very high, but this affects the species living in the water.
- More than 3 global coral bleaching events have occurred due to ocean temperatures.
- If we don't solve global warming, we will lose the ecosystem as we know it, and millions of people will suffer.
- 26% of the Great Barrier Reef died in 2015.
Things you didn't know about coral and coral reefs
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