[Coral-List] "A Glimmer of Hope for Coral Reefs"
Jean Jaubert
jmjaubert at wanadoo.fr
Thu Jan 10 06:10:45 EST 2013
Hi Stephen
Congratulations on the very interesting PNAS paper.
A long time ago I had raised a similar hypothesis
"A hope in natural genetic selection" in the
Calypso Log : June 2002<second quarter page 14.
The title of my article was "Save the Coral
Reefs".
At that time I was the Chief scientist and
Expedition leader of the Cousteau Society. At the
time being I'm retired and cultivate almost all
kinds of reef-building corals in small
biogeochemically closed circuit aquariums that
function without filter, protein skimmer etc. and
even air supply.
Regards,
Jean
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Jean Jaubert
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:32:15 -0800, Stephen Palumbi wrote:
>Some coverage of the paper describing the way some corals in American
>Samoa resist bleaching temperatures, and a downloadable pdf are
>available at
>
>http://OceanScienceNow.com
>
>http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/01/coral-fights-back-against-climate-change
>
>http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-some-corals-are-always-prepared-to-take-the-heat-20130107,0,2216409.story
>
>Whether these abilities in corals are good news for humans sort of
>depends on us, not them.
>
>Steve
>
>On 1/8/13 2:12 PM, Steve Mussman wrote:
>> Alina,
>> The front page of today's Atlanta newspaper contained an encouraging
>> headline proclaiming that Georgia Power
>>will shut down 15 coal and oil-fired
>> units in order to comply with federal
>>rules aimed at reducing air pollution.
>> A glimmer of hope? Not so fast.
>> Even after these 15 facilities are taken
>>offline Georgia Power will still
>> operate more than 8,000 megawatts of
>>coal-fueled generating units including
>> Plant Scherer â the number one producer of
>>greenhouse gases in the country.
>> In addition, GP is still pushing for the
>>development of a new plant which is
>> expected to use between 3.65 and 4.27
>>million tons of coal per year and emit
>> more than a thousand tons of hazardous particulate matter annually. The
>> utility company promotes the development of the new coal plant by
>> emphasizing the economic benefits:
>> * Almost 1600 construction jobs
>> * Over 44,000 person months of construction work
>> * Almost double the countyâs tax base
>> * Create over 120 new full-time direct jobs
>> * Create over $7 million in new wages and benefits
>> * Create over 200 new spin off jobs in the Washington County area
>> * Require $1 to $4 million in long term support services
>> * Generate up to $1 million in new business growth
>> * Become a catalyst for new industry.
>>
>> So all we have to do to save the reefs and
>>perhaps ourselves is to convince
>> governments, industries and the general public to shift their priorities
>> from immediate economic interests to the seemingly highly contested
>> proposition that the long-term threats
>>posed by anthropogenic climate change
>> should be the greater concern.
>> While trying to remain optimistic, I find
>>myself relating more and more to
>> Mike's characterization of a passenger on the Titanic.
>> Please don't give up, just recognize that
>>we have lots to do before we can
>> say that we've sighted our version of the Carpathia on the horizon.
>> Regards,
>> Steve
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: "Szmant, Alina"
>> >Sent: Jan 8, 2013 11:14 AM
>> >To: Michael Risk , Douglas Fenner
>> >Cc: coral list
>> >Subject: Re: [Coral-List] "A Glimmer of Hope for Coral Reefs"
>> >
>> >Article in today's business section of
>>our newspaper: investment in clean
>> energy sources is down this past year.
>>Some businesses have failed. Venture
>> capitalists don't want to take the risk.
>>Government subsidies are down. I
>> don't see much glimmer out there....
>> >
>>
>>>*************************************************************************
> > >Dr. Alina M. Szmant
>> >Professor of Marine Biology
>> >Center for Marine Science and Dept of Biology and Marine Biology
>> >University of North Carolina Wilmington
>> >5600 Marvin Moss Ln
>> >Wilmington NC 28409 USA
>> >tel: 910-962-2362 fax: 910-962-2410 cell: 910-200-3913
>> >http://people.uncw.edu/szmanta
>> >*******************************************************
>> >
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>>
>>[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov]
>>On Behalf Of Michael Risk
>> >Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 9:09 AM
>> >To: Douglas Fenner
>> >Cc: coral list
>> >Subject: Re: [Coral-List] "A Glimmer of Hope for Coral Reefs"
>> >
>> >Hi Doug.
>> >
>> >Some of the recent postings put me in mind of passengers on the Titanic
>> saying to each other, "It's OK, the Carpathian will pick us up."
>> >
>> >Rather than see so much excellent work
>>devoted to finding corals that can
>> survive hot oceans, or dredging remnants up from deep reefs to fill the
>> gaps, I would rather see more effort given
>>to trying to initiate change in
>> those governments and industries that have put reefs on their present
>> downward trajectory. And the cynic in me thinks that some of those same
>> governments and industries are delighted to see us clutching at straws.
>> >
>> >Mike
>> >
>> >On 2013-01-07, at 4:00 PM, Douglas Fenner wrote:
>> >
>> >> Research by Standford University researchers on coral tolerance for
>> >> high temperatures in some reef pools in American Samoa, just
>> >> published.. Popular article in
>>"Science Now" (open access) with a link to
>> the original paper:
>> >>
>> >>
>>http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/01/a-glimmer-of-hope-for-co
>> >> ral-reef.html
>> >>
>> >> --
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>> >Michael Risk
>> >riskmj at mcmaster.ca
>> >
>> >
>> >
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