Mangroves, Corals, and the Ocean

Mangroves, Corals, and the OceanTomas Pinzn P.1

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71% of the surface of the Earth is ocean.

Every square mile of the ocean contains 46,000 pieces of floating plastic.

Only 30% of all the trash in the ocean floats. The rest lays on the seabed.

There are two safe places for fish to lay their eggs:Mangroves and Coral Reefs

Mangroves have been declared wastelands in many countries and are rapidly being destroyed.

Pollution is causing the ocean to become more and more acidic. Making it hard for corals to live and causing them to bleach and die.

If these two places are destroyed, fish will have no safe place to lay their eggs and so, will become extinct.

Half of the total number of original mangrove forests have already been destroyed ot cut down.

We can avoid all this from happening and saving the fish if we stop polluting and

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