The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest living structure. It is made up of around 2900 individual reefs and 900 islands. ... Climate change is perhaps the biggest threat to the Great Barrier Reef. Warmer ocean temperatures put stress on coral and lead to coral bleaching.
RADIATION: Both conduction and convection require matter to transfer heat. ... Thermal radiation (often called infrared radiation) is a type electromagnetic radiation (or light). Radiation is a form of energy transport consisting of electromagnetic waves traveling at the speed of light.