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They are rarer in the now

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Coral reefs are getting destroyed and fish are dying because the reclamation is taking up the reefs.

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They are disappearing because of people building more land
—KAI

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The mangrove became smaller because people are building more buildings and Singapore became bigger.
-Koyuki

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Mangroves were become lesser and lesser

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There used to be a lot more islands

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Shifting airport

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The mangroves is getting lesser over the years.
-Shanshan

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There are a lot less mangroves because Singapore is building more buildings and MRTs. So they are taking away the mangroves to make more space for buildings.
-Chloe

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Claim that Singapore got more land because it is to small

Scott

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I start to notice that when Singapore start to build more land the coral reefs start get less.
-Lucas Ju

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Reclaimation of land can cause serious changes to the environment.

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When land is reclaimed, any forest/jungle needs to be removed or it won't work.

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Because of the growth in population, Singapore needed more space to provide for all these

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On the coastline of south Singapore, there are mangroves and mudflats.

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Singapore is removing the mangroves to make more land

Singapore

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Over the years the number of coral reefs have decreased.

- Ella

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Over the years the amount of mangroves have decreased within population.
- Anokhi

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l think Malaysia have so many holes because singapore people still oil and

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l think Malaysia have so many holes because singapore people still oil and

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land

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Singapore is expanding though the past 62 years

Sean

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I think the mangroves shrinked and theres not many mangroves today.-Emily

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I noticed that over the years Singapore has lost some land. No matter what angle you look at it, you'll always be able see the parts of land sticking out. However, compared to the map from the 1950s , we have lost land.

- Jasmine

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There are a lot more islands in the past than in the present because
Singapore added land in between the islands so it looks like the islands are gone.
-Emma

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I think that when Singapore needed more land, they thought that mangroves were useless

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I  noticed the fact that on the first map there were a bunch of holes in one part of Malaysia. Well perhaps the reclaimed land of 2013 was taken from the "Holey" lands of Malaysia. Perhaps the topographical characteristics of that part of Malaysia was suitable for the reclaimed we know today.

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The amount of coral reefs is declining because people are building land on top of the water. Also, as more and more people start to inhabit the island of Singapore, the waters around it become more and more polluted, killing the reef life. More supporting evidence is that people reclaim land because they need more space fro the inhabitants. Because of that, more people are living on the island- that means more people are polluting the water and eliminating reefs.
- Rachel S.

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A lot of people moved in to Singapore (obviously) because we reclaimed more land and there are less mangroves, sands and coral in 2002 than in 1950.

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The Singapore to Malaysia bridge was built in 2013 because in the third map red indicates built in 2013.