[Coral-List] Australian contest for ideas to save their reef

Fri Jan 26 04:13:45 EST 2018

Thanks!!  Three cheers for Australia!!!

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 2:32 PM, Brodie, Jon <jon.brodie at jcu.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi Sarah
>
> Solar panels have high penetration in Australia but mainly supported by
> State Governments. Our current Federal government has very weak support for
> renewables, so much of the large scale installation of both household and
> large solar projects occurs despite the Federal government.
>
> Currently around Townsville (where there is lots of sun) more than one
> billion A$ in projects are underway including large scale solar with pumped
> water storage, large scale solar and wind with batteries as well as further
> installation of roof top solar but now often with battery storage.
>
> You will also maybe be aware of the Tesla battery in South Australia
> (about 100 MW) that Musk installed with a guarantee that it would be
> operational in I think 3 months or the government (South Australia) did not
> have to pay.. Anyhow Tesla fulfilled those terms and the battery is now an
> important part of the grid.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jon
>
> From: Sarah Frias-Torres [mailto:sfrias_torres at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 January 2018 3:06 AM
> To: Brodie, Jon <jon.brodie at jcu.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Australian contest for ideas to save their reef
>
>
> Jon,
>
> what is the situation with solar panels in Australia? and renewables in
> general?
>
>
> <><...<><...<><...
>
> Sarah Frias-Torres, Ph.D.
> Twitter: @GrouperDoc
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> Art Blog: https://oceanbestiary.com/
>
>
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> bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> <coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> <mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>> on behalf of Brodie, Jon
> <jon.brodie at jcu.edu.au<mailto:jon.brodie at jcu.edu.au>>
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 11:05 PM
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov<mailto:coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Australian contest for ideas to save their reef
>
> Re: Doug Fenner's post: Unfortunately this is just another "miracle
> solutions" farce in line with many other recently funding projects to "save
> the reef". The Australian Government promote these to distract from their
> unwillingness to manage climate change (through emissions control in
> Australia) or terrestrially sourced pollution discharge to the GBR (through
> lack of adequate funding and refusal to enforce existing legislation). Sad
> days for the GBR.
>
> Yesterday another A$60 million was announced to continue funding programs
> even Government reports admit don't work! They are 1. culling crown of
> thorns starfish and 2. paying farmers to reduce pollution!
>
> Cheers
>
> Jon
>
> Jon Brodie
> Professorial Research Fellow
> Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
> James Cook University
> Townsville
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> coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Douglas Fenner
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> Subject: [Coral-List] Australian contest for ideas to save their reef
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> Your bright idea could save the biggest reef on earth.  (National
> Geographic)
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> Open-access.
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> Cheers,  Doug
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> Douglas Fenner
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> Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA
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> Coral reefs are bleaching too frequently to recover
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> How to save the "tropical rainforests" of the ocean
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> Douglas Fenner
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> Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA
>
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> Even without El Nino, 2017 temperatures soared.
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> Coral reefs are bleaching too frequently to recover
> https://www.theatlantic...com/science/archive/2018/01/the-
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Douglas Fenner
Contractor for NOAA NMFS Protected Species, and consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

New online open-access field guide to 300 coral species in Chagos, Indian
Ocean
http://chagosinformationportal.org/corals

Even without El Nino, 2017 temperatures soared.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/even-without-el-ni-o-2017-temperatures-still-soared?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2018-01-19&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=1800664

Coral reefs are bleaching too frequently to recover
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/the-global-scourge-on-coral-reefs/549713/?utm_source=atlfb

How to save the "tropical rainforests" of the ocean
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/01/09/coral-reefs/?tid=ss_tw-bottom&utm_term=.80ce291c546b