WORKSHEET #3

Name: Jogi B. Pastor Jr. Date: 03-24-22

Course&Year: BSInT AT- 1 Score: ____

Ereefs damaged as a result of global warming in one of the

world's most exclusive diving areas will take at least a century
to recover new research has revealed. Huge swathes of the
coral at Rangiroa island when French Polynesia died during
three months of exceptionally warm weather in 1998, in sea
temperatures soared to an average of 32 degrees centigrade
for the first time Rangiroa is an atoll, a coral island formed by
rings of coral reef surrounding a central lagoon. Research by
Newcastle University's departmet of Marine Sciences has
shown damage to the 800 year old coral reefs was catastrophic,
and that it would take more than 100 years to return to their
former state. Dr. Peter Mumby, Royal Society Research Fellow
at the University said, "Usually. When sea temperatures rise,
the coral usually withers slightly but is able to recover.