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The New Earth is an expression used in the Book of Isaiah (65:17 & 66:22), 2 Peter , and the Book of Revelation in the Bible to describe the final state of redeemed humanity. It is one of the central doctrines of Christian eschatology and is referred to in the Nicene Creed as the world to come .
Most Christians "readily conceded that the Bible allowed for an ancient earth and pre-Edenic life." [ 2 ] With very few exceptions they accommodated the new geological theories either with day-age creationism , the belief that the six days of Genesis represented vast ages, or by separating the original creation from a later Edenic creation: the ...
The Caribbean's coral reefs will cease to exist in 20 years if a conservation effort is not made. [126] In 2005, 34 percent of Jamaica's coral reefs were bleached due to rising sea temperatures. [127] Jamaica's coral reefs are also threatened by overfishing, pollution, natural disasters, and reef mining. [128]
Every year, reefs provide about $2.7 trillion in goods and services, from tourism to coastal protection, according to a 2020 estimate by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network.
In 2005, there were a record breaking 26 storms recorded that caused 26 events of bleaching in 16 of Jamaica's coral reef sites. [17] The hurricanes affected 68 percent of Jamaica's coral reefs and 38 percent of those corals later died. [17] In September 2005, up to 95 percent of Jamaica's corals had bleached, but only 50 percent recovered ...
Coral reefs are among the more productive and diverse ecosystems on the planet, but one-fifth of them have been lost in recent years due to anthropogenic disturbances. [14] [15] Coral reefs are microbially driven ecosystems that rely on marine microorganisms to retain and recycle nutrients in order to thrive in oligotrophic waters.
The Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger,’ the U.N. saysThe world's biggest coral reef ecosystemhas suffered three major coral bleaching events since 2015The U.N.'s cultural body ...
One-fifth of coral reefs have also been destroyed, and another fifth has been severely degraded by overfishing, pollution, and invasive species; 90% of the Philippines' coral reefs alone have been destroyed. [16] Finally, over 35% of the mangrove ecosystems worldwide have been destroyed. [16]