In class lectures, we learned that the carbon cycle is the movement of carbon between the environment and organisms. It is important because carbon is essential in manufacturing all organic molecules. Carbon is removed from the atmosphere during photosynthesis; carbon returns to the atmosphere after respiration.
Carbon is very essential to the marine life. The way that humans harm the ocean life is very dangerous to their environment. Our ocean life is where the fish and other sea animals live. If the humans continue to harm the ocean, all of the species would eventually become distinct. CNN’s reporter, Thair Shaikh, states “Marine life is under severe threat from global warming, pollution and habitat loss, with a high risk of "major extinctions" according to a panel of experts” (Shaikh 2011). If the carbon cycle does not go through its process, the entire marine ecosystem would be at risk.
Coral Reefs are a major part of the ecosystem as well. With all of the acidification and over fishing, coral reefs are being harmed which causes the marine ecosystem to fade away. Thair Shaikh also states that “these three factors are present in the ocean today and gives examples of marine ecosystems suffering severe disturbance, such as the mass "coral bleaching" in 1998 that killed 16% of all the world's tropical coral reefs” (Shaikh 2011).
We need our marine ecosystems and we need for it to be clean and safe. We must go the extra mile to help maintain the safety of the marine life because the carbon cycle helps with the resources and nutrients of the ocean. If humans continue to harm the ocean, the carbon cycle can not function, the resources would be lost, and the ecosystem would be extinct. I believe that the marine life is very beautiful, but it will not stay this way if it continues to be harmed.
Shaikh, TH (2011). Marine life facing mass extinction. http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/06/21/ocean.extinction.global.warming/index.html?iref=allsearch
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