The strange disease spreading through Florida's corals
Lesson created by Alexandra Panzer using TED-Ed's lesson creatorVideo from OceanX YouTube channel
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In the past 70 years, coral cover in the iconic Florida Keys has dropped from 50% to 5% and is predicted to fall even lower thanks to a brand-new villain known as stony coral tissue loss disease. OceanX took scientists from Mote Marine Lab and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on a survey of the Florida Reef Tract to identify the bacteria causing the corals to get sick and try to find a cure.
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Significance Of This Video
This video is extremely significant when it comes to our environment. The disease spread in the reef is causing major problems when it comes to the biodiversity in the area. Additionally, the disease is spreading due to the currents, which further reduces the overall environmental health of our oceans. Learning about how our oceans are in danger of majorly decreasing wildlife populations because of the pollution that humans have created is taking a huge step in reducing this pollution in general. Therefore, the discussion of this topic is greatly impactful and will help our environment simply by spreading awareness.
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