Is it too late for the Caribbean Coral Reef?
The Meso American Reef Surrounds Cozumel
In addition to global warming an increasing amount of the gas is making the waters of the Caribbean sea more acidic and warmer than ever. Warmer water disrupts coral growth; acidic water affects coral’s abilities to secrete new skeletons which make them brittle and vunerable to breakage.
All this and a hurricane battered coastline is dealing a deadly blow for the Meso-American reef (Spanish acronym, SAM , Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano) the world’s second biggest barrier reef, which stretches down the coast of southern Mexico past Belize and into Honduras. Bad news for the reef as it seems all the oposing forces are against it.
But is it too late for our reef? Organisations like the WWF warn that the reef – home to thousands of marine species – faces obliteration in the near future. It is said that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may follow not long afterwards.