Future of corals is going down the pan

Masaki Kitagawa
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01/28/05

According to Schrope in “Future of corals is going to down the pan,” Florida’s corals suffer from a pollutant which is human waste. In Florida, there is the “third largest barrier reef” on the earth. However, a lot of corals are dying from bacteria and viruses. Those causes are from human waste. Over the past five years ago, half a number of corals have dead. Many people argue about what the main problem of dying corals is, but they cannot identify a main cause. Some people insist that the specific reason for the corals dying cannot find. But, the author believes that reason for the corals dying is sewage from human life. In fact, it is a fact that “over 24,000 septic tanks and up to 10,000 illegal cesspools,” and sewage go in to Florida’s sea. However, many politicians do not accept making the “centralised sewage system,” and they say that it is too expensive to do this.

I agree, with what the author points out, that the reason Florida’s coral is dying, is sewage from human’s everyday life. We should think about our waste management and Florida’s government must promote the “centralised sewage system.” At first, we need to notice that our stool and urine are dangerous substance for corals. Perhaps, we think that the reason for dying coral is pollutant from factory or farm. However, our sewage is a pollutant. Our life cannot avoid evacuation, but we can think about how to take better care of our drainage. For example, when we wash dishes, we should wipe dirty dishes before run water. If we do not throw oil and dirty water from a drain, Florida’s sea water would be cleaner.

In addition, Florida’s government has to make the “centralised sewage system,” because there are a lot of illegal cesspools in Florida. Those cesspools may overflow and run in to the river. If all Florida’s sewage disposal system was perfect, coral would not need to die. So, we really need the “centralised sewage system.” We should use the money for a protection in the environment, because this means the investment for our future. For example, if Florida’s coral die out and Florida’s sea is dirtier than now, Florida loses a lot of tourists. In fact, making the “centralised sewage system” is too expensive, but Florida’s government should do make it.

In conclusion, Florida’s coral is facing extinction by dirty water from human life. I think we have to consider our environment, first. Moreover, government should support the “centralised sewage system,” I believe this method can save corals, and can help recover Florida’s coral. So, we ought to think again for our future.

Reference:
Schrope, Mark. (2002, Aug 10). Future of corals is going down the pan. New Scientist 175, 2355, p.11. Retrieved from EBSCO, Academic Search Premier Database, Jun. 26, 2005.

Hurricanes Cap off Bad Year for Turtles

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Ri-Na Park
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In the article, “Hurricanes Cap off Bad Year for Turtles,” from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the author mentions that half of ‘sea turtle nests’ were destroyed by summer hurricanes in Florida in 2004. Moreover, the author says that the number of turtle’s nests is decreasing between 36 percent and 38 percent in the USA country every year, and also this happening in Florida. According to Mote Marine Laboratory sea turtle research in Florida, a cause of the decreasing of the sea turtle was the weather in 2004. However, there are also other problems such as the quality of the water, tide embankments, ‘other man-made structures’, fishermen killing them carelessly, and people stealing their eggs from their nests.
To begin with, now a lot of species are placed in a crisis of extermination because of environment problems. This study says that the number of turtles is decreasing every year because the temperature of the water is getting warmer and people eat the eggs of turtle, the construction of building near sea and the carelessness of people.
The decline of turtles is mainly caused by of environmental problems and humans. For example, when people are at the beach, they throw away a lot of trash. Also, people construct buildings in the sea. For these reasons there are no longer homes for the turtles. In addition, people eat turtles. On the other hand, Hurricanes are not the main reason. Because hurricanes always happen annually. Therefore, we should think about the way to preserve turtles, so as not to make them to become extinct.
Consequently, if the turtles become extinct, it will affect the ecosystem. Therefore, if the ecosystem is destroyed, people will have some troubles from this. In my opinion, we need to try to preserve the ecosystem before we get into trouble.

Reference
Bayles, T. (2004, Nov 25), Hurricanes cap off bad year for turtles, retrieved January 27, 2005 from http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=c10f1365d558fb63d2cf0c001746bd7e&_docnum=11&wchp=dGLbVtb-zSkVA&_md5=3966ee26f2f2200b5728b8fed39a8f3c

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