Endangered Indonesian coral reefs

Southeast Asia’s biologically diverse coral reefs will disappear by the end of this century and wipe out coastal economies if climate change isn’t addressed, conservation group WWF said in a report. The report, released to coincide with the World Ocean Conference in Manado, Sulawesi, warns that a do-nothing scenario will lead to a steady rise in sea temperatures and the death of the coral reefs.

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Blue sea squirt tunicates and yellow cave coral on a coral reef in Sulawesi, Indonesia clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Gorgonian is a type of coral and as such is an animal, not a plant clipped from www.guardian.co.uk clipped from www.guardian.co.uk A soft coral expands its body to catch food particles in the currents of Komodo National Park clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Reticulated dascyllus and staghorn coral clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Bubble coral shrimp clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Featherstar on gorgonian coral on Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Sea pen polyps are soft corals or octocorals and they are made up of polyps each with eight tentacles clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Fluorescing hard coral in Alor, Indonesia clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Pink squat lobster on coral clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Close-up of orange soft coral and green soft coral underwater, north Sulawesi, Indonesia clipped from www.guardian.co.uk A porcelain crab blends with a soft coral striations on the Raja Ampat Islands Indonesia clipped from www.guardian.co.uk A necklace seastar on a gorgonian coral, Indonesia clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Longnose hawkfish on a giant gorgonian sea fan in Bali