... found in tropical sunny areas like Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, and other warm regions. They are homes to many fish, crustacean, and other living creatures under the sea. Sadly, these beautiful forests of the sea are being destroyed everyday due to human nautical activities. Activities like over fishing, pollution of the water and natural causes like global warming. Fortunately, some areas have ... noticed that these ecosystems are vastly disappearing, and they are doing everything they can to slow down the death rate of the reefs. Like the Caribbean's for example, the decline ... reite...

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... themselves that they are often referred to as the "Tropical Rainforests of the Oceans." (1). Coral reefs are most commonly found in the Caribbean, Western Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, Central and Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, Arabian Gulf, and the Red Sea. The tissues that make up the corals are not what actually give the corals their colors. The reefs are actually clear and receive ... are few and far between. If temperatures were to conservatively increase 1-2 degrees Celsius, this would cause regions that are 20-30 degrees N to experience sustained warming causing a rise in the sea le...

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