Collapse of this ecosystem could mean famine. Coral reefs are truly one of the most beautiful biomes. Future generations may not have the opportunity to see them. Coral reefs around the world are being damaged and destroyed at an increased rate. Humans have been destroying them by overfishing them.
Fishermen dynamite the reef and collect stunned fish that float to the surface.
People poison the animals to make it easier to see them. Divers kill the reefs by stepping on them, touching them, and taking pieces from them. Other problems that are hurting the reefs are cyanide fishing, sewage, farm runoff, oil and industrial pollution, tourism, sedimentation, and coral mining. The reefs and animals living in and around them must be protected. Marine biologists who monitor reefs say that 10 percent of them are already destroyed, and 70 percent could be gone in just 40 years from now unless we change our ways.