The Floreana Coral

The Floreana Coral, strange name it has right?Well you would be surprised on how strangely it's population is dicreasing.

This beautiful sea creature has a population that about 2,000 to 3,000 and well, you think that's alot and it is but what you don't know is that about half of them have been majerly hurt because of the El Niño weather patterns, which made ocean temperatures fluctuate, which likely led to the poor state of the Floreana corals. Some scientists worry that global warming may make El Niño events more regular and prevent corals from recovering. Until recently, scientists had not properly assessed the health of the world's tropical corals. Scientists estimate that human activities—such as pollution, global warming, and sedimentation—could kill 30 percent of reefs in the next three decades.