Coral Reed Blog

Blog #1 Exploring Oceans
1. The Largest Living Structure on earth
2.Calcium Carbonate
3.Acts like glue by combining shells, sand, and coral with calcium carbonate.
4.1975 it became a national park
5.33% is protected from fishing
6. Current: 20,000 years old. Ancient:500,000 Years old.

 Blog #2
             Video 1
1. Polyp is almost like an upside down jellyfish that transforms after the larvae and attracts algae. Then grow into coral
2. Sensitive to temperature change
3. Bleaching occurs when the color loses its main source of food and color. Happens when the temperature increases and stays changed.
4.happening more now because of climate change
5. People can reduce their impact on climate change by reducing energy used, reducing emissions, and reusing and recycling.
              Video 2
1.   Fish:1500 species
      Hard Coral: 360 species
      Soft Coral: 1/3 of the worlds species
      Sea Birds: 22 species
      Shore Birds: 32 Species
2. Climate Change is responsible
3. Flooding polutes the reef which moves the fish into cleaner waters. This then hurts the food population for sea birds because all the fish have moved.
4. You can use environmentally friendly, donate old things instead of throwing them out, and not buying things with a lot of packaging.
               Video 3/4
1.Some benefits to using videos like these is that it teaches people about the coral and it is very simple. The video includes lots of facts and is also easy and entertaining. Some drawbacks are that the video might be too childish for some people and also not as informative as it could be. Yes it helps kids understand the video, but it might not be right for anyone older.
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=526n0WhyJGQ&feature=related This video includes more detail for adults and goes into greater depth about coral bleaching and even gives examples.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_fiEedQx_8&feature=related This video helps talk about all the oceans and the climate change in all of them so that it can relate to foreginers so they will know more when they go to Australia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4R0FqkywxE&feature=related This video shows tourists what they should be looking at when they see the coral. It talks about different types and includes the bleaching and the colors.

This is an example of the red algae        

 
This is a picture of the coral and the effects climate change has on it.

Savor the Trip

While technology can help you capture moments on your trip, it also can ruin your experience. Christopher Elliott's "Savor the Trip, Don't Tweet It", is all about how technology is often overused on trips. His main concern is that having too much technology on a trip will take away from the true value of the trip. Elliot believes that "vacationing mean[s] leaving the world you knew for a world you didn't". Technology is definitely a world we know so during vacation we should go against using it. It can also take away from the reality of the trip. I feel like my purpose for going on this trip is because I will probably never get this chance again and this is not a place I nomrally would be able to go to. I think that I will probably only bring my phone(although I'm not sure about service there still) and my camera for pictures. After reading this article I agree that using technology too much will just end up taking away from the trip so I am going to try and limit the pictures I take. While technology can be a problem, I do not  believe it will be that big of a problem in Australia. I think just limiting use on your electronics will be enough for boundaries.