The scary thing is that even in the Great Barrier Reef, one of the most protected reefs in the world, researchers are seeing more diseases every time they look.
It`s unexpected. The water quality components governments typically monitor - nitrogen and phosphorus - aren`t killing the coral directly. It`s sugars making bacteria on corals grow out of control.
I think we can save reefs in the Caribbean and the Pacific. But we need proper water treatment systems throughout the world and large enough networks of marine reserves.
The scary thing is that even in the Great Barrier Reef, one of the most protected reefs in the world, researchers are seeing more diseases every time they look.
