As our oceans warm from global change,
Vibrant corals dissolve and collapse;
Reefs in the Northern Red Sea
Are sheltered from the stress.
But local events
Bring pollution;
In the end
They will
Break.
Corals in the Gulf of Aqaba (Photo Credit: EPFL/Itamar Grinberg).
This is a nonet, inspired by recent research which has found that excess nutrients from human activities may compromise the resilience of coral reefs to climate change.
Over the last 30 years, 50% of the world’s coral reefs have suffered significant damage due to global warming and ocean acidification. However, unlike in other parts of the world coral reefs in the Gulf of Aqaba (a semi-enclosed water
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