Problems Corals Face

Corals have been resilient though numerous harmful situations including storms, diseases, and sedimentation.  Unfortunately with rise in human populations and the development of new technologies, coral reefs are being detrimentally affected. Reef resources are exploited and habitats are declining making recovery after a natural event difficult. Around ten percent of all coral reefs have reached a stage beyond recovery and thirty percent will likely die within ten and twenty years [C]. It has been found that with human help corals are able to be restored more readily. Making healthy coral reefs will help them  withstand catastrophic events. It is therefore important to understand the problems that coral reef populations face in order to lessen their impacts.