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    Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Image Source: Book Today‚ 2013 Discovering the world’s largest coral reef system Nicholas Buss – s2797651 1303ENV – Earth Sciences Course Convenor – James Furse Course Tutor – Dr William Bennett Introduction Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven natural wonders of planet earth and is the only living system large enough to be seen from space and even the moon (Bowen‚ 2002). The reef currently attracts more than 1.6 million tourists to Queensland’s north-east

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    The Great Barrier Reef‚ located on the north-east coast of Australia‚ is one of the world’s most astonishing natural beauties. Consisting of over 3000 individual reef structures and stretching over 2000 kilometres making it the largest living organism and the largest coral reef system in the world. Along with these astonishing reefs there are hundreds of unique tropical islands holding some of the most amazing beaches in the world. Due to the Great Barrier Reefs unique natural beauty‚ it has‚ over

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    and cohesive response   The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is an ecosystem at risk that is both vulnerable and resilient to change. Natural stress and human induced modifications affect the functioning of the ecosystem‚ with short and long term impacts. Extreme weather‚ erosion and storm waves are natural stresses that put pressure on the ecosystem while human-induced changes such as tourism‚ overpopulation and the result of industries are also prevalent. The reef is located off the North-East coast

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    long as the start of human life. An ecosystem is a community of species and their non-living environment working in cohesion. Ecosystems at risk‚ such as The Amazon rainforest and the GBR are those which are heavily affected by change and if altered they require a long time to return to their former state. Human activities such as fishing‚ tourism and deforestation have had huge impacts on the balance of these ecosystems. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest biological organism in the world‚ the

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    The Great Barrier Reef     Ecosystems are one of the most important parts to the world’s environment. Everybody is a part of a ecosystem. The United States could be considered an ecosystem theoretically. A ecosystems is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. Working together‚ keeping it clean‚ and always adapting will keep an ecosystem rich of life. One of the most important‚ largest‚ and filled with life ecosystems is the Great Barrier Reef. Before hearing

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    Case Study 1: Great Barrier Reef - 1. Introduction Coral reefs are on the most complex ecosystems on earth. They are predominantly found in the Indian Ocean and on the Western edges of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The global distribution of coral reefs is influenced by a number of factors‚ including life and sea surface temperature. Coral reefs require such a unique set of biophysical interactions that they are highly vulnerable to human-induced change. For example‚ just a small change in sea

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    cruises and other sightseeing vessels to pass through‚ the Great Barrier Reef sees a huge amount of ocean traffic pass through its waters every day of the year. Even though the numbers of shipping accidents have decreased in recent history when compared to the past‚ the amount of debris and foreign objects that has been left in the water have a drastic effect on the surrounding eco system. The debris and waste would remain in the Reef for a long period of time. A boat does not have to go to the extreme

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    The Great Barrier Reef Kalyan Krish Date In the Great Barrier Reef there are many things. I am going to inform you about the symbiotic relationships‚ different types of coral reefs‚ why the Great Barrier Reef is important‚ the fish that live in the Great Barrier reefs and how the Great Barrier Reef is endangered. Symbiotic Relationships There are many symbiotic relationships in the Great Barrier Reef. There are different types of symbiotic

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    human impacts affecting the nature and rate of change of two ecosystems at risk. All ecosystems are placed under levels of stress that must be withstood or overcome in the form of evolution in order to adapt and survive. These attributes determine the resilience and vulnerability of each and every ecosystem. These forms of stress fall under two categories; natural and human induced. In regards to natural stress‚ the term gradual is used as it happens at a slower rate and lesser magnitude than

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    Great Barrier Reef: a catastrophe laid bare “ by Michael Slezak talks about how global warming impacts The Great Barrier Reef. “Bleaching caused by climate change has killed almost a quarter of its coral this year and many scientists believe it could be too late for the rest.Bleaching caused by climate change has killed almost a quarter of its coral this year and many scientists believe it could be too late for the rest.” In 1929 thermal bleaching was recorded for the first time on the reef‚ throughout

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