[Coral-List] reefs in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea

[Douglas Fenner]

What happens to a coral reef when an island is built on top?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/what-happens-to-a-coral-reef-when-an-island-is-built-on-top/2015/07/06/d409493c-168b-11e5-9518-f9e0a8959f32_story.html

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Douglas Fenner
Contractor with Ocean Associates, Inc.
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

phone 1 684 622-7084

Join the International Society for Reef Studies.  Membership includes a
subscription to the journal Coral Reefs, there are discounts for pdf
subscriptions and developing countries.  www.fit.edu/isrs/

"belief in climate change is optional, participation is not."

The governor of Hawaii has signed legislation directing Hawaii's utilities
to generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2045.

New study warns of dangerous climate change risks to the earth's oceans
The Guardian (newspaper)

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/jul/02/new-study-warns-of-dangerous-climate-change-risks-to-the-earths-oceans?CMP=twt_science-gdnscience

based on:

Contrasting Futures for Ocean and Society from Different Anthropogenic CO₂
Emissions Scenarios.  Science

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6243/aac4722.abstract

website:  http://independent.academia.edu/DouglasFenner

blog: http://ocean.si.edu/blog/reefs-american-samoa-story-hope