On Sunday, Leonardo DiCaprio took to Instagram shed light on how the coral reef in the northern Red Sea could show scientists how other reefs might adapt to global warming.
“In the Red Sea, coral reefs are still in relatively good shape compared to other reefs around the world. Scientists want to study exactly what about this area allows coral reefs to thrive and what the Red Sea can tell them about other coral reefs,” he said.
“To date, ocean warming hasn’t really affected the coral reefs in the Red Sea. Warmer ocean waters bleach coral reefs elsewhere, a disturbance to the symbiotic relationships of the coral reefs’ microorganisms,”.
The 48-year-old Oscar-winning actor and environmentalist pointed to a recent proposal that calls for a new marine protected area to protect the Red Sea’s heat-tolerant reefs from other threats to ensure that scientists can continue to study them and even possibly create a nursery to restore degraded reefs elsewhere.
Focusing on marine life and climate change issues, the United Nation’s Messenger of Peace, DiCaprio,48, has a long history of supporting environmental causes. In 1998, at the age of 24, he launched The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation with a mission to protect the Earth.
DiCaprio is currently celebrating the success of the new release of James Cameron’s blockbuster movie “Titanic”, in which he starred.
The movie was re-released in theatres in 3D 4K HDR and high-frame-rate technology earlier this month amid the celebration of the movie’s 25th anniversary.
