ethardsdaisy92
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Hello everyone. I have question. Coral reefs cover how much of the Earth's surface? Do you know about that? Thanks.
Coral reefs cover how much of the Earth's surface?
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Its less than 1%. They are one of the most important ecosystems on our planet though.
https://www.google.com/search?q=cor...oid-sprint-us&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
https://www.google.com/search?q=cor...oid-sprint-us&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/blue_planet/coasts/coral_reefs/
From the article:
"""The total area of the world's coral reefs amounts to less than one quarter of 1% of the entire marine environment."""
The world is 71% ocean.
0.25% of 71% is 0.001775% of the worlds surface is coral reefs.
.... ish.
From the article:
"""The total area of the world's coral reefs amounts to less than one quarter of 1% of the entire marine environment."""
The world is 71% ocean.
0.25% of 71% is 0.001775% of the worlds surface is coral reefs.
.... ish.
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What's the maths tell us when the question is put into perspective?
Coral reefs are marine environments, therefore terra firma, which makes up 29% of the Earth's surface (at this time in geological history) cannot be considered.
Also, a reef is a bar of rock, sand, coral or similar material, lying beneath the surface of water. Reefs may go as deep as 261 feet below the surface.
The average depth of the sea is around 12,100 feet deep, and thus, this leaves the vast majority of the ocean out of the equation also.
Thinking about coral reefs specifically, these are almost exclusively limited to the warm tropical oceans, but far more environmental factors come onto play than just that.
Perhaps a better question would be, how much of the Earths marine environment is suitable to enable the formation of coral reef ecosystems at this present time in geological history?
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