lostcajun
Contributor
I read a recent article in Time Magazine about the state of reefs. I am very curious as to your impressions of the article.
I want to protect the reef certainly as a diver, but also as a citizen of the planet. There is a point in which the author talks about Belize. He writes "the reef isn't what it once was. Coral cover dropped from 80% in 1971 to 13% in 1999, although there has been some recovery since.
While I have snorkeled in a variety of locations in the Pacific and Caribbean, and have witnessed bleaching, and damage to reefs, I have only had dive experiences in Belize. I am curious about the statistic. So was the reef coverage in Belize that much significantly "bigger" in 1971?
I want to protect the reef certainly as a diver, but also as a citizen of the planet. There is a point in which the author talks about Belize. He writes "the reef isn't what it once was. Coral cover dropped from 80% in 1971 to 13% in 1999, although there has been some recovery since.
While I have snorkeled in a variety of locations in the Pacific and Caribbean, and have witnessed bleaching, and damage to reefs, I have only had dive experiences in Belize. I am curious about the statistic. So was the reef coverage in Belize that much significantly "bigger" in 1971?