Sunday, June 3, 2007

The UAE and Global Warming



Jay B. Hilotin, a Staff Reporter, published an article entitled "Global warming and untreated sewage pose threat to coral reefs" in the Gulf News on November 9th, 2004. In his article, Jay indicated "Global warming has created difficult conditions for marine fauna and flora, the rising sea levels and the effects of seaward development." He also mentioned that Marine environmentalists say coral reefs in the Arabian Gulf are threatened by pollution, effluents (brine) from desalination facilities, slow regeneration of Gulf waters and global warming.
Coral bleaching episode which decimated over 90 per cent of coral reef in the near-shore areas of the UAE blamed on global warming
This article really shows the UAE’s high concern of global warming as a threatening factor.

1 comment:

mohammedali said...

Thank you ahmed useful informations