Literature Review Paper Outline
Coral Reefs Fight with Climate Change
I. Introduction
a. How is our climate changing
b. History of coral reefs
i. What is their role in the ecosystem
ii. Why they are important
c. Types of coral reef
i. Differences and similarities between them
II. Section 1
a. Coral reefs persistence to climate change
i. Conditions necessary to maintain suitable ecosystem
1. What is needed for them to strive naturally
ii. Their response and adaptations they have made
1. How they have evolved over time for the good and bad
2. How far away are they from returning them to their most natural state
III. Section 2
a. Human impacts on coral reef
i. How we are directly hurting them
b. Future policies for change
i. What can we do to help recovery
ii. What can we do to prevent die offs
1. Is this all avoidable
c. What we can do to change the path we are on
d. How can we adapt to better their environment as a whole
IV. Conclusion
a. Why we have to be conscious of coral reefs
i. Why is this important to the average person
b. How this effects the world
i. Larger impact on ecosystem