Cover of the textbook Performer B1 Phases, Vol. 1

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - Competences for life for the textbook Performer B1 Phases, Vol. 1 with authors M. Spiazzi, M. Tavella, M. Layton, E. Fiordiliso from Zanichelli

Question

Listen again and answer the questions.

Answer

  1. The expert describes it as a dramatic situation.
  2. Corals are living animals and get most of their food and color from the algae that live within them. But, if the temperatures rise, the algae separate and leave the coral bleached white.
  3. There have been 5 mass-bleaching events since 2016.
  4. Corals can recover from mild bleaching but are weaker and more vulnerable to disease and reproduce less in the following years and in the shallow waters most of them are dying.
  5. Yes, like cloud cover, wind and rain or act to reduce temperatures.
  6. There is little time for the reef to recover and if the government don't address the climate crisis soon, it may be too late.