ENV100H1 Lecture 3:

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV100H1
• Professor: Simon Appolloni

Document Summary

Even in new algae comes, bleached corals have impaired ability to grow + reproduce while they heal: since end of 19th century waters warmed on average less than degree but estimated that by end of this century, will rise 1 3 degrees, potential of increasing volume of the sea https://utoronto-my. sharepoint. com/:o:/r/personal/fatimaz_mohammed_mail_utoronto_ca/_layouts/15/wopiframe. aspx?sourcedoc=%7b265cb422-967c-4eea-b31 1/3. Land based ice sheets melt in antarctica + greenland, rising water in global ocean basin: estimated vary less than a meter to 9 meters in the coming century, corals so far under water that algae won"t be able to catch sunlight and corals will drown, chemical changes in ocean water "big gorilla in the corner, co2 in atmosphere from burned fossil fuels stores in ocean as well, ocean has absorbed 1/3 extra carbon, co2 in ocean is chemically active and reacts with others, making ocean more acidic, natural advantages of gbr compared to other reefs: