Great Barrier Reef Blog #2

Video 1
1. A Polyp is a coral larvae. A colony of them is a coral.
2. Coral cannot survive in cold water, that is why you dont see them anywhere near Illinois.
3. Coral bleaching occurs when the temperature of water is to high for the coral.
4. Scientists think it is happening more than often because of global warming and that warms up the water, therefore bleaching the coral.
5. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.  The classic 3 R's of helping the enviroment.

Video 2
1. There are 15,000 fish, 360 hard coral, 22 sea birds, 32 shore birds, and 400 species of coral living in the Great Barrier Reef.
2. Global warming is responsible for heating our oceans.
3. Because the flooding because it can move fish colonies, which would screw up the food source for the birds.  It also pollutes the reef.
4. People can reduce climate change by using the three R's of recycling,  being cautious of what you are throwing away,  and donate to foundations that help prevent destroying of the reefs.

Video 3/4
1. The video can grab the childrens attention by using the cartoons which is good, then shows them that if they keep up their bad habits they could kill their cartoon friends.  But will telling kids really help, the foundation that made the comercials should be targeting adults more than kids.  Kids could also care more about the hermit more than the whole reef itself.
2.  I think this video could focus on foreigners because it shows how the reef could disappear if our bad habits keep up in our country it could hurt the reef, because of global warming.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFKyHSZlJus.   I think this video could focus on adults from Australia because it shows them that not just the Great Barrier Reef is in trouble, that even though they should focus on fixing their problems the world also has problems. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCMmS6AUEDg. This could be used on tourists because it shows them that the fish are in danger and they should not try to touch or harm the fish or their habitats. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbN161yBBGA.