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In chapter 12, The Apo Scenario, Osha meets with a man by the name of John McManus who further explains what the problems are in today's society that affect marine life. He introduces another form of destructive fishing, muro-ami, which destroys fish population and coral life. From that I assume that muro-ami influenced… Continue

Chapter 11 describes two fishing methods that are destroying coral reefs and depleting the fish population dramatically. The first method, known as blast fishing, is to toss a bomb in the water to kill the fish then catch them. The other method is to spray sodium cyanide, a poison, on or around the fish to kill them. The way these people go about div… Continue

Jakarta is a self ticking time bomb that exploded about fifty years ago. It is why people all over the world are worried about the environment and its future because that place has showed us what human activity can do to the natural world that we are supposed to call home. From the descriptions that Osha gives Jakarta is one of the most foul places I've ever heard of. The world of coral reefs is being affected greatly, mostly in the eas… Continue

This chapter is just flat out information on coral and what they do for the world. It's pretty crazy how much coral reefs do for human life, not to mention ocean life. I mean I realized that they brought in a lot of economic profit but medical and food benefits as well? I never really thought of that.

The fact that coral is considered an animal is a very touchy subject to me. The animal, mineral, vegetable title is very fitting but coral is made up of animals it isn't really an animal itself th… Continue

The word amazing comes to mind when thinking about Darwin and the strides he made in science. He was so ahead of his time its almost unreal. He did have quite a bit of help from Lyell his teacher and colleague though. Darwin pretty much circled the earth looking for information on coral reefs and eventually their formation. He took a five year journey on board the Beagle. His big accomplishment of this journey was his theory of how coral reefs formed. He summed it up as a three stage process com… Continue