CORAL REEF DESTRUCTION June.2014 | Page 17

Plant a tree

Trees reduce runoff into the oceans. You will also contribute to reversing the warming of our planet and the rising temperatures of our oceans. 2

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Conserve Water

The less water that we

use, the less runnoff and

water waste will pollute

our oceans. 1

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Help Reduce Pollution

Walk and bike. Fossil fuel emissions from cars. lead to ocean warming which causes mass-bleaching of corals. Stop putting trash and plastic bags into the ocean, then the reefs will be able to get sunlight because the trash will not be blocking it. 3

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Put fishery restrictions on the coral reefs

This could help the fish population recover and the fisheries would be able to get good amounts of fish, and still have more to come back to. 3

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