What's really interesting about this to me is that the cost to restore coral reefs is much less than the cost to build an artificial sea barrier, so there is actually a lot of incentive for restoration...
.....Great barrier reef - there were 2 natural bleaching events, followed by a cyclone. We should leave it alone, and.....not be human to revive it....We are human for a reason.
As a Scuba Diver I know it's so important to save the coral reefs, without them our planet will suffer and we will lose one of the most beautiful and mysterious sites on our planet. Let's work together to save our planet 😊
There is a fish shop near me, that are rebuilding the coral population from existing coral by cultivating it in their store and then sending it to places that need it. I loved hearing about their efforts to save the reefs.
There are so many things in our planet that are going extinct and so many problems its unbelievable. I honestly think the world would be better with only 1 million of people instead of 9 billions...
How about no people at all, history shows the longer we are around the worst thing get. The good news is that the average man lives less than 100 years so if your a selfish person who does what to die then no worries! Death from total planet destruction will not happen in your time. But don't take my word for it I'm only human, sure you familiar with how humans operate.
MrDiscreet100 well thats indeed a good thing. But in my 28 years... I have seen many shit happens during the short 28 years I have been living...... can't imagine whats going to happen in 60 years... Never underestimate humans in masses.....
I went to Hawaii last summer and i spent the majority of the time snorkeling because of how amazing the coral reefs/fish were. My back was soooooo burnt from it
i am ashamed of My own country Jamaica damaging it coral reefs.I can't wait to see mother oceans wrath on human beings.Why are we so ignorant just leave the oceans alone,Clean them up.
Not so, education upon coral and marine systems is thriving, im graduating with marine biology and many others are too. Yes education to the wider public is required but funding for this and other projects is the greatest issue, being around the islands top marine biologist ive realised most funding comes from overseas, which states the country cant afford to push coral mitigation that much.
I rememberai few years ago i went on a scuba diving hoilday in Egypt and it was simply amazing I see all the different forms of life which are all around the coral, and just how a coral reef looks in real life when you are here it is simply beautiful. If anyone ever gets the chance you should go scuba diving it is amazing to see the under water world it will make you want to protect and make make sure the coral can survive
Im asking a simple question. Is all coral edible. Coral grows and build homes i think. I remember when i first seen a sea horse and a sea star. I still think sea life is the most beautiful living things on earth. Im open to information. I want to figure out what is the main source of a reef actually forming. Is it due too non sea life debris falling into to the ocean and the organisms change and adapt to life in the sea. i have so many questions. Have a good day
A very important topic but, Parrot fish feed on the corals, they are an indication of a healthy coral number. Corals do not increase because of Parrot fish it's the opposite.
Correlation and causation. Are the corals thriving *because* of the parrot fish, or are the parrot fish happening to thrive in the same conditions that cause the coral to thrive?
coral "blanching"? no...it's called coral bleaching, because they turn white after the zooxanthelae are expelled. but great video, hardly anyone knows that this is happening.
I've been diving out here in the Florida key this summer and have seen massive schools of parrot fish as well as 3 7.5 ft Goliath grouper it's amazing and I have so much respect for the reefs. I even cut myself pretty bad on my arm today trying to get a good gopro shot! Lol
Well hawaii is doomed, spearfishermen shoot a lot of these guys because there really good eating. They also sleep in caves at night in there mucus and are easy picking for a night dive ( which is illegal to do so at night ) the island of Maui passed a law that you can't shoot male UHU (hawaiian for pariot fish) and I think they made a bag size per day limit to. Please help pass these laws on the neighbor islands. There's plenty of other fish in the sea, why shoot the ones that take care of are reefs, if the reef is what brings in the fish in the first place.
DNews I got a question for you why is it people who drink coffee don't get caffeine poisoning but the people who drink green tea that contains caffeine do get it ? Or am I wrong cause I read it on a magazine that talk about caffeine poisoning and I am not sure if its true or not ?
The coral reeds in Grand Cayman are one of the most amazing things I have ever seen! The entire time I was swimming around them I was very fearful of touching them. It made me very sad to see many many of them were bleached.
I know 8 we don't do something about global warming these animals and plants will die off and we will soon follow them and it's theorized that eventually global warming will kill of chocolate plants and that's something I'm not willing to give up
Hey Trace, you mentioned global warming in this episode. My personal opinions aside, it was recently posted online that NOAA stands accused of altering historical temperature data from the Dust Bowl era...something about that being the hottest day of all time, and then not, and then again. Could you do a segment on the overall story with this? To avoid picking sides and starting a maelstrom of craziness, could you perhaps present the existing both sides of the arguments (the data/research that supports global warming and the data/research that refutes it) from a scientific perspective? Thanks a bunch, and love watching the DNews from all y'all!
At least you don't have fucking tony abbott in charge over there. Fucker would give the ok to have them all torn down to build a parking lot or some shit, the guys like an 80's cartoon villain.
Why should we care? Because they are the most beautiful goddamn creatures in the world. But keeping them has costen me like $15000 dollars in coral, equipment, lights, and fish.
Yeah the corals in Culebra and Vieques two islands nearby Puerto Rico were being destroyed thanks to the U.S. naval force since they used them for bomb testing.
i think more than 70% of the coral reefs are dead in the southern Caribbean, ive been to many places . cruise ships passengers have destroyed these places over the years.
The greatest asset to humanity is also humanity's greatest liability. So get rich, enjoy wealthy living until you die or work for someone else make them rich and party until your homeless. No one cares about any life but their own.
I think extinction, for many different species, is inevitable. Many species in the past have faded away because they couldn't adapt themselves to live on the ever-evolving Earth. That being said, human society should attempt to live as harmoniously as possible with the rest of life on Earth.
then why we are not doing...in fiji island we found plastics n alcohol bottles,,we collected n took to dispose.....in an isolated island,,i thought it will b clean but i was wrong...people throw alcohol bottles,plastics
Hey DNews, Trace, Laci and Tara, i really don't want to discriminate and stuff but please elaborate if alternative medicine from sea turtles, dogs, sharks etc really have any effect because the Chinese have been over fishing in disputed territories or just discuss on how old territorial claims may or may not be applicable to today's global regulations, just a suggestion :)
Coral reefs are great and all. But do you know what would be better? A moth eating a marshmallow. Can you imagine how cute that would be? Well you're in luck. I have a video of one. And you don't. So ha
Why do things need a purpose in order to exist? Merely existing and defying entropy is enough reason to exist. Why do people need to have an emotional attachment to something natural to find any kind of value in it?
dead coral is not necessarily a bad thing. All coral dying is a bad thing however. Dead coral is actually perfect for mobile invertebrates to inhabit. Just because there aren't fish everywhere does not mean that it lacks life.
It bothers me a little when Tracy always ends up with something like "but all hope is not lost" and "this could be a solution". NO, if we humans live, consume and eat like we do today, ALL hopes are lost, there is no some solution out there, WE need to change drastically. And how I see it, the change will come too late, we too far from sustainable living on this planet, there is not enough time and most importantly humans do not give a shit for anything but themselves.
To put this out there coral are plants not animals carnivorous plants in fact animals are not sessile (expect for some bivalves) because animals aren't sessile only plants are sessile. (Expect some bivalves as said earlier)
+Iscore4 then again if people say there animals then as a compromise they should be called "plant animals" which in my own words is a living that acts both as a plant and animal because then at least some people will stop outright calling them animals because they look and act like plants at least a bit though and no animal is sessile (expect as said in the earlier comment at least some bivalves) though I will acknowledge they do act like a little bit like animals like for example they have skeletons so no I am not dumb just annoyed that they say those things as it's all explained above (apologies for any bad grammar it can be easy to miss a letter and do other stupid mistakes when using an iPad)
+Iscore4 well to put it simply (no pun intended) it wasn't always simple that coral are apparently animals it wasn't until I think the 18th century that some scientist (whose name I have forgot) was able to apparently prove that coral are animals, I think he apparently proved it by using a microscope
It's important because that's where Nemo and his Dad lives along with Dory I wonder how they're doing
Hahahaha
Haha
This reason is enough to save the coral reefs. PERIOD
What's really interesting about this to me is that the cost to restore coral reefs is much less than the cost to build an artificial sea barrier, so there is actually a lot of incentive for restoration...
thats smart.We as human beings are very weird and unfair.In my opinion.
We shouldn't destroy nature, it's what keeps alive. Nature is beautiful, leave it alone.
.....Great barrier reef - there were 2 natural bleaching events, followed by a cyclone. We should leave it alone, and.....not be human to revive it....We are human for a reason.
As a Scuba Diver I know it's so important to save the coral reefs, without them our planet will suffer and we will lose one of the most beautiful and mysterious sites on our planet.
Let's work together to save our planet 😊
There is a fish shop near me, that are rebuilding the coral population from existing coral by cultivating it in their store and then sending it to places that need it. I loved hearing about their efforts to save the reefs.
There are so many things in our planet that are going extinct and so many problems its unbelievable. I honestly think the world would be better with only 1 million of people instead of 9 billions...
How about no people at all, history shows the longer we are around the worst thing get. The good news is that the average man lives less than 100 years so if your a selfish person who does what to die then no worries! Death from total planet destruction will not happen in your time. But don't take my word for it I'm only human, sure you familiar with how humans operate.
MrDiscreet100 well thats indeed a good thing. But in my 28 years... I have seen many shit happens during the short 28 years I have been living...... can't imagine whats going to happen in 60 years... Never underestimate humans in masses.....
We are at the past of no return. We can help improve conditions, but nothing can be fully restored.
***** I agree we won't be able to shrink as a population unless a big big epidemic breaks out and kills shitloads..
I agree completely.
Correction: When the symbiotic algae, zooxanthellae, leave the coral, its known as "bleaching" not "blanching" see Coral Bleaching.
planet earth. so beautiful.
gotta treat it better rather than just focusing on making our lives even easier and more convenient than they already are
***** Not going to happen, the greedy will reign forever.... or at least until the normal people get mad and start decapitating them again.
We live in a world where we fix the uneeded and neglect to notice the beauty, only to act upon it when it is gone.
you'll be amazed how very little people actually know just 1/6 of the coral is left :(
you will be even more amazed that anything like a coral even exist, even today.
I went to Hawaii last summer and i spent the majority of the time snorkeling because of how amazing the coral reefs/fish were. My back was soooooo burnt from it
i am ashamed of My own country Jamaica damaging it coral reefs.I can't wait to see mother oceans wrath on human beings.Why are we so ignorant just leave the oceans alone,Clean them up.
education is pretty much key to help this problem... but there isnt much attention for this. :/
Piet Piloot true
Not so, education upon coral and marine systems is thriving, im graduating with marine biology and many others are too. Yes education to the wider public is required but funding for this and other projects is the greatest issue, being around the islands top marine biologist ive realised most funding comes from overseas, which states the country cant afford to push coral mitigation that much.
I rememberai few years ago i went on a scuba diving hoilday in Egypt and it was simply amazing I see all the different forms of life which are all around the coral, and just how a coral reef looks in real life when you are here it is simply beautiful. If anyone ever gets the chance you should go scuba diving it is amazing to see the under water world it will make you want to protect and make make sure the coral can survive
good luck hope you get it first time i hope you love it
when the coral turns white from the algae being expelled, its called "bleaching" not blanching..... lol.....
you knew what that person meant. thats all that matters. lmao igiveupthen01
also known as blanching. same thing.
Question, if polyps are stationary, how do they fight each other? Do they give off an odor or something?
They secret chemicals to protect themselves.
Im asking a simple question. Is all coral edible. Coral grows and build homes i think. I remember when i first seen a sea horse and a sea star. I still think sea life is the most beautiful living things on earth. Im open to information. I want to figure out what is the main source of a reef actually forming. Is it due too non sea life debris falling into to the ocean and the organisms change and adapt to life in the sea. i have so many questions. Have a good day
A very important topic but, Parrot fish feed on the corals, they are an indication of a healthy coral number. Corals do not increase because of Parrot fish it's the opposite.
you still active,,, very cool 4 min video explaining Coral Reefs, I'm covering them in my second year university essay, so tah
Correlation and causation.
Are the corals thriving *because* of the parrot fish, or are the parrot fish happening to thrive in the same conditions that cause the coral to thrive?
coral "blanching"? no...it's called coral bleaching, because they turn white after the zooxanthelae are expelled. but great video, hardly anyone knows that this is happening.
yes bleaching.
blanc means white in different languages and is term also used for bleaching.
Finally there's another reefer here
What function of coral reef??
100% subscribed, love hearing your input on things Trace. When i clicked on this thumbnail i was hoping you were the presenter.
Thanks!!! :D
I've been diving out here in the Florida key this summer and have seen massive schools of parrot fish as well as 3 7.5 ft Goliath grouper it's amazing and I have so much respect for the reefs. I even cut myself pretty bad on my arm today trying to get a good gopro shot! Lol
TRACE YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE CUTEST SHIRTS OKAY I LOVE THEM. MY FAVORITE ONE IS THE ONE THAT SAYS "IM ON A ROLL" ITS SO CUTE
I was just looking for my son...
Hate to bring bad news but coral grimes is dead
They can do so much with that TV behind them in videos, but instead they just have their logo..
"live their whole live in one place"
Well, i happen to like my computer...
never knew about coral reefs thanks for helping me learn something new :)
Well hawaii is doomed, spearfishermen shoot a lot of these guys because there really good eating. They also sleep in caves at night in there mucus and are easy picking for a night dive ( which is illegal to do so at night ) the island of Maui passed a law that you can't shoot male UHU (hawaiian for pariot fish) and I think they made a bag size per day limit to. Please help pass these laws on the neighbor islands. There's plenty of other fish in the sea, why shoot the ones that take care of are reefs, if the reef is what brings in the fish in the first place.
DNews I got a question for you why is it people who drink coffee don't get caffeine poisoning but the people who drink green tea that contains caffeine do get it ? Or am I wrong cause I read it on a magazine that talk about caffeine poisoning and I am not sure if its true or not ?
Great job. Also, Where did you get that T-Shirt?
Parrot fish are the ones that eats and destroy sps corals. Do some more research Trace.
Love the t-shirt Trace :D
I would love an episode that explains to me why humans have so much trouble keeping secrets :)
Great idea !!
Easy, they like the attention if they tell a secret.
Great show! Very informative - thanks.
Still no speed up option :(
Fantastic ! Extremely informative and educational. I would like to wish you all success in this excellent work and may God bless you all !
this is my son he love your chanel
I want to know what the connection is with the parrot fish...
The coral reeds in Grand Cayman are one of the most amazing things I have ever seen! The entire time I was swimming around them I was very fearful of touching them. It made me very sad to see many many of them were bleached.
Your 'The Founders' shirt is OP
Saawan I love coral
I really like how when he spoke about symbiotic algae in the tissue they showed a coral that doesn't even photosynthesize lol.......
I had to watch this video twice because I was looking at Trace's awesome shirt the first time
Wish I could like this video a thousand times
this helped me in my homework thanks
Thank you for the information. ☮️
Corl. COORAL. COOOOOOOORAL!
tcutshaw Are You feeling it now Mr Krabs
Coral structures are the rainforests of the sea and support 25% of marine life
I recently went on a trip to Hawaii for a Maine Biology Class and that really thought me the important of the coral reefs.
CORAL WHERE ARE YOU !
I know 8 we don't do something about global warming these animals and plants will die off and we will soon follow them and it's theorized that eventually global warming will kill of chocolate plants and that's something I'm not willing to give up
you should care because you value all life
This was really helpful! Thank you!
Excellent explanation for my seven-year-old I really learned a lot from you
Nice video....soo informative, exactly Wat I wanted!
Very beautiful coral reef
Hey Trace, you mentioned global warming in this episode. My personal opinions aside, it was recently posted online that NOAA stands accused of altering historical temperature data from the Dust Bowl era...something about that being the hottest day of all time, and then not, and then again. Could you do a segment on the overall story with this? To avoid picking sides and starting a maelstrom of craziness, could you perhaps present the existing both sides of the arguments (the data/research that supports global warming and the data/research that refutes it) from a scientific perspective? Thanks a bunch, and love watching the DNews from all y'all!
That's amazing! Thank you for this video! :)
Nice T-shirt
Damn, just developed a taste for dried Parrot Fish. They're kinda yummy. Like very meaty fish crackers. Goes well with tomatoes.
thank you for the vid , I am defiantly subscribing .
save the oceans oh god i hope Jamaica is taking caref their reefs or else we wont have any tourists anymore
that goes double for us here in the Bahamas
Same for us in barbados, Tourism is our main source of income
At least you don't have fucking tony abbott in charge over there. Fucker would give the ok to have them all torn down to build a parking lot or some shit, the guys like an 80's cartoon villain.
I'm going to Jamaica this December
Ryan Marshall cool
What Are Coral Reefs And What's Their Purpose?
Very nice, I like it 👍
Great channel!
Why should we care? Because they are the most beautiful goddamn creatures in the world. But keeping them has costen me like $15000 dollars in coral, equipment, lights, and fish.
Not blanching...bleaching
Yeah the corals in Culebra and Vieques two islands nearby Puerto Rico were being destroyed thanks to the U.S. naval force since they used them for bomb testing.
i think more than 70% of the coral reefs are dead in the southern Caribbean, ive been to many places . cruise ships passengers have destroyed these places over the years.
The main reason i would save these is just becouse they're so beautiful and I wanna dive betweeen them one day :)
The greatest asset to humanity is also humanity's greatest liability. So get rich, enjoy wealthy living until you die or work for someone else make them rich and party until your homeless. No one cares about any life but their own.
Speak for yourself
My teacher made us watch for homework and now my youtube recommendations is full of this crap
please God please help your Children and your home
I think extinction, for many different species, is inevitable. Many species in the past have faded away because they couldn't adapt themselves to live on the ever-evolving Earth. That being said, human society should attempt to live as harmoniously as possible with the rest of life on Earth.
I want to be a marine biologist and work to help save coral reefs.
then why we are not doing...in fiji island we found plastics n alcohol bottles,,we collected n took to dispose.....in an isolated island,,i thought it will b clean but i was wrong...people throw alcohol bottles,plastics
Hey DNews, Trace, Laci and Tara, i really don't want to discriminate and stuff but please elaborate if alternative medicine from sea turtles, dogs, sharks etc really have any effect because the Chinese have been over fishing in disputed territories or just discuss on how old territorial claims may or may not be applicable to today's global regulations, just a suggestion :)
Hi, I am Sam and I am a Coral Fish Addict.
Who's here from there teacher
Coral reefs are great and all. But do you know what would be better?
A moth eating a marshmallow. Can you imagine how cute that would be?
Well you're in luck. I have a video of one.
And you don't.
So ha
Why do things need a purpose in order to exist? Merely existing and defying entropy is enough reason to exist. Why do people need to have an emotional attachment to something natural to find any kind of value in it?
dead coral is not necessarily a bad thing. All coral dying is a bad thing however. Dead coral is actually perfect for mobile invertebrates to inhabit. Just because there aren't fish everywhere does not mean that it lacks life.
is anyone going to talk about his shirt
Informative...
Why has everyone been saying sandstorm-darude?
i wondered that too
been reading that a lot lately
maybe this, but it's silly..
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Darude%20-%20Sandstorm
Because people are sheep and love a good bandwagon to jump on.
*bleaching not blanching
It bothers me a little when Tracy always ends up with something like "but all hope is not lost" and "this could be a solution". NO, if we humans live, consume and eat like we do today, ALL hopes are lost, there is no some solution out there, WE need to change drastically. And how I see it, the change will come too late, we too far from sustainable living on this planet, there is not enough time and most importantly humans do not give a shit for anything but themselves.
Very informative but Trace could have used a few more takes to make it less teleprompter focused and improve the presentation.
Very informative...
Thank you!!
its funny how easy he said *Anemone*
Guys we need to help our beautiful Coral Reefs are being destoyed by us
yes
yes
Subscribed you your new channel :)
THEY ALSO GET EATEN BY STARFISH
Just one minor thing it's called bleaching, not blanching.....
how about the coral triangle? they are the amazon of the seas...
this is my school project
I really hope the coral can be saved.
You must run the show with subtitles because , your English is very fast
Protecting part fish is useless as long as we continue to pollute the ocean, overfish and endanger sea turtles etc
To put this out there coral are plants not animals carnivorous plants in fact animals are not sessile (expect for some bivalves) because animals aren't sessile only plants are sessile. (Expect some bivalves as said earlier)
You sir are very dumb
+Iscore4 then again if people say there animals then as a compromise they should be called "plant animals" which in my own words is a living that acts both as a plant and animal because then at least some people will stop outright calling them animals because they look and act like plants at least a bit though and no animal is sessile (expect as said in the earlier comment at least some bivalves) though I will acknowledge they do act like a little bit like animals like for example they have skeletons so no I am not dumb just annoyed that they say those things as it's all explained above (apologies for any bad grammar it can be easy to miss a letter and do other stupid mistakes when using an iPad)
+Mario87456 corals have the cells of animals and have sperm and eggs. This is pretty simple science they are animals
+Iscore4 well to put it simply (no pun intended) it wasn't always simple that coral are apparently animals it wasn't until I think the 18th century that some scientist (whose name I have forgot) was able to apparently prove that coral are animals, I think he apparently proved it by using a microscope
+Mario87456 certain discoveries were unknown in the 18th century so this doesn't surprise me