[Coral-List] Response to Ove Hoegh-Guldberg in Coral-List Digest, Vol 49, Issue 22

[Caspar Henderson]

A very clear rebuttal from Ove Hoegh-Guldberg to an article that looks
to be consistent with the kind of misleading claims and misinformation
found in "The Great Global Warming Swindle", a bogus documentary from
the Channel 4  in the UK (which has been effectively rebutted at
Realclimate.org, climatedenial.org and elsewhere).

But could there scope for considering less extreme arguments - perhaps
those put by the likes of Andrew Baker at the Rosenthiel School, Univ
Miami, and/or others, which as an outsider to the field, I understand
to be, broadly:  "(some) corals may (or may not) be able to adapt
(over a few decades) to (some small) temperature changes (but not,
e.g., two degree C or more)"?

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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:24:59 +1000
> From: "Ove Hoegh-Guldberg" <oveh at uq.edu.au>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Join the debate over "The Great Barrier Reef
>         Swindle"
> To: <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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>         <6C62167D152FAD4F91D2D6C8392D1DF0035BB41A at UQEXMB1.soe.uq.edu.au>
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> Dear List,
>
>
>
> Dr Peter Ridd has written an opinion piece on Great Barrier Reef
> Science.  I have written a response and would love to have your input.
> Click here to join the debate:
>
>
>
> http://www.climateshifts.org/?p=45#more-45
>
> Regards,
>
> Ove
>
> Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,
> Centre for Marine Studies,
> University of Queensland.
> http://www.cms.uq.edu.au/MAPSLAB/
>


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> From: "Rohde,Jon" <jrohde at msh.org>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Tassled Scorpianfish in Bahamas
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> While snorkeling on a shallow reef off North Eleuthera,Bahamas, I
> encountered at 1 meter depth a tassled scorpianfish - Scorpaenopsis
> oxycephala- (I initially thought he was a stone fish but was wrong).The
> tassles on his jaw, and appendages on above his eyes, the coloring
> perfectly matching the algae on the surrounding rock/coral all made him
> unmistakable.  Sadly, no camera!  I can find no reference to these fish
> in the Caribbean.  Can anyone help?
>
> Notably, we have an increasing infestation with Lion fish, allegedly
> escapees from a commercial aquarium in Nassau.  They are frequently seen
> under ledges and around pilings in our area.  Could the Scorpaenopsis
> oxycephala be a similar introduction?
>
> Jon Rohde, MD
> Spanish Wells
> North Eleuthera
> Bahamas
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:24:59 +1000
> From: "Ove Hoegh-Guldberg" <oveh at uq.edu.au>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Join the debate over "The Great Barrier Reef
>         Swindle"
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> Dear List,
>
>
>
> Dr Peter Ridd has written an opinion piece on Great Barrier Reef
> Science.  I have written a response and would love to have your input.
> Click here to join the debate:
>
>
>
> http://www.climateshifts.org/?p=45#more-45
>
> Regards,
>
> Ove
>
> Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,
> Centre for Marine Studies,
> University of Queensland.
> http://www.cms.uq.edu.au/MAPSLAB/
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