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Is the environment suffering? A resounding yes can be heard if this question is posed to the public. The earth is ill, all because of selfish humans who pollute the environment. Even though I am against pollution, I am still contributing to it as I am typing. What we could do is to reduce the impact caused by us and try to rectify the problem caused. By playing a part in conserving the world's resources, we have taken responsibility in contributing back to the world just as we took the world's resources for granted.
For years, we have been taught the importance of the forests and that how it might reduce CO2 emission. In actual fact, forests are not the best absorber of CO2, algae is. There is a unicellular algae, called Zooxanthellae that lives within coral reefs. Under stress, corals may expel their zooxantheallae, which leads to a lighter or completely white appearance, hence the term "bleached". However, stress is not the only reason that is causing this bleaching of the corals, the higher sea surface temperature is. This action leads to decrased algae and ultimately, lesser CO2 converted. It also serves as the earth's reminder to us on its illness. The world is made up of about three quarters of water, and yet the temperature could still rise for a few degree celcius. It is irrevocable on how much damage humans have created. Will we be in time to save the world? It all depends on you. 
what is left now? Bleached corals
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