Coral Reef Covered by Silt and Sand

This coral reef in the Western Pacific Ocean was killed by human input of silt and sand from nearby islands reaching the coral reef habitat. More about coral reef ecosystems can be found in our Coral Reefs featured story.

A coral reef covered by silt and sand in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Wolcott Henry

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Silt and sand should be

Silt and sand should be placed somewhere else other than Coral reefs.

Who ever did this was exceedingly careless.

p.s. We should take care of the planet God gave to us.

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 8:31pm.

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