UNVEILED SECRETS AND MESSAGES OF LIGHT; EROSION ON LAND CAUSES RIVERS TO DUMP MUD ON REEFS, SMOTHERING AND KILLING CORALS. SEAWATER WITH TOO MANY NUTRIENTS SPEEDS UP THE GROWTH OF SEAWEEDS AND INCREASES THE FOOD FOR PREDATORS OF CORALS WHEN THEY ARE DEVELOPING AS LARVAE IN THE PLANKTON. CLEAN WATER DEPENDS ON CAREFUL USE OF THE LAND, AVOIDING TOO MANY FERTILIZERS AND EROSION CAUSED BY DEFORESTATION AND CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES; IN THE LONG RUN, HOWEVER, THE FUTURE OF CORAL REEFS WILL DEPEND ON REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, WHICH IS INCREASING RAPIDLY DUE TO BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS. CARBON DIOXIDE IS BOTH WARMING THE OCEAN, RESULTING IN CORAL BLEACHING, AND CHANGING THE CHEMISTRY OF THE OCEAN, CAUSING OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
