The Great Barrier Reef is Under Attack from El Niño and Climate Change by Justin Worland

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 25, 2016
Article: The Great Barrier Reef is Under Attack from El Niño and Climate Change
Page: 14
Author:  Justin Worland
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Questions
1. Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
2. How big is the Great Barrier Reef?
3. Why is the Great Barrier dying?
4. What has heated the waters around the Great Barrier Reef?  Name two things
5. What has the warming of the water around the reef caused?
6. What lives on the coral and gives it color?
7. What kills the symbiotic organisms?
8. When symbiotic organisms are driven is also known as bleaching.  True or False
9. Who said, "This is the longest bleaching event ever recorded"?
10. The current bleaching problem may kill _____ of the world's coral.
11. What type of natural barrier do coral reefs serve?
12. Coastal towns depend on coral reefs for _________.
13. Marine life depends on coral reefs for _______________.
14. Who said, "climate change may be slow-creeping sometimes, but other times it takes great leaps forward"?
15. A global problem requires a global solution.  True or False
16. How can reef loss be slowed down?
17. How many countries agreed to keep global temperatures from rising more than 3.6°F by 2100?
18. If these countries fail, who will be the first victim?

Reference
http://time.com/author/justin-worland/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinworland
http://scrippsscholars.ucsd.edu/dkline
https://woods.stanford.edu/about/woods-faculty/stephen-palumbi
http://hopkinsmarinestation.stanford.edu/stephen-palumbi