The Great Barrier Reef | Koh Yi Shing 2013.03.19 | The world’s largest coral reef system‚ The Great Barrier Reef‚ is shrinking at an incredibly rapid rate (Environmental Threats). Over the past 27 years‚ it has lost approximately half of its coral (Happening to GBR). This is due to many reasons; it includes oil spills‚ poor water quality‚ shipping‚ climate change etc. (Environmental Threats). One of the main reasons is overfishing (Environmental Threats). For example‚ the species of Crown-of-thorns
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Effect of Tourism on the Great Barrier Reef Introduction The Great Barrier Reef is located in North Eastern Australia off the coast of Queensland. It is world renowned for its stunning scenery and its flora and fauna diversity‚ it has also been acknowledged as one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Great Barrier Reef stretches across 344400km2 and includes thousands of individual reefs and hundreds of islands which are occupied by around 600 types of hard and soft coral‚ around 1625 varieties
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The Great Barrier Reef is located off the east coast of the Queensland mainland‚ as shown in figure 1. It is listed on The World Heritage Site as a natural site. The Great Barrier Reef is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and stretches over 3000km of the Queensland coast. More than 2 million people visit this site each year for the scenic view and the thousands of different species that live in it. The Reef is affected by many threats due to coral bleaching‚ litter‚ pollution‚ global warming
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Charles Darwin was quoted in 1842 describing the Belize Barrier Reef as "the most remarkable reef in the West Indies" (Encyclopedia). This description still holds true today. The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System‚ which includes the Belize submarine shelf and its barrier reef is the world’s second largest barrier reef system and the largest reef complex in the Atlantic-Caribbean area (Programme-wo‚ 2009). What makes a reef like the Belize Barrier Reef system so special is that coral reefs are the most
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Rowan Jacobsen’s article in Outside magazine‚ Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016)‚ is titled the complete death and passing of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Jacobsen says the famous Barrier Reef passed away in 2016 at 25 million years old. He says the Barrier Reef is the largest living structure; stretching 1‚400 miles long‚ 2‚900 individual reefs‚ and 1‚050 islands. This grand reef harbors thousands of species. The Barrier Reef is formed by corals‚ tiny anemone-like animals‚ that
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Explain 2 types of barriers to entry which can prevent potential competitors from entering an industry Monopoly and oligopoly both are types of barriers to entry which can prevent potential competitors from entering an industry A barrier to entry is anything that prevents entry when entry is socially beneficial A monopoly possesses high barriers to entry. This deters other firms from entering the market and thus allows the monopoly to keep their status as a single seller of unique product
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The Effectiveness of Personal Responsibility Even though the bare minimum is enough to get by‚ exercising personal responsibility has proven to make me more successful. Personal responsibility ranges from being at the right place at the right time‚ to taking ownership and accepting the consequences for all actions. It plays a huge role in one’s daily lives‚ as well as college success. Something as simple as writing out tasks and events on a planner can lead to mastering personal responsibility as long
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The Importance of Personal Responsibility GEN/200 As an adult you are responsible for every action that you take‚ but before that action are a series of thoughts that lead you to taking that action. Your personal responsibility starts at a young age‚ you are either taught personal responsibility as you grow into an adult by being held accountable of your own actions or the responsibility is taken from you. Depending on how you were brought up your transition into becoming an adult can either
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My Personal Experience Throughout the duration of the ‘Managing People & Organisations’ module‚ I have learnt my strengths and weaknesses. I believe one of my personal strengths was undertaking background research. I was constantly testing my ability to research and present findings through every task of this module. However‚ there is always room for improvement and this module helped adapt that. We were given many opportunities to present our research findings through group work‚ in the format
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for their cane crops to survive. The problem with the water leaving quickly‚ though‚ is that it drags the topsoil and various other harmful agricultural chemicals with it. That dirty water then filters into the river catchments that feed the Great Barrier Reef. This water turns into mud‚ algae and bacteria that settle on the living coral organisms. It then smothers the animal and eventually kills it. Climatic change: Coral can loose its colour or even die from a change in its climate such as a cyclone
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