[Coral-List] coral reefs record-breaking year; new tipping points report section on coral reefs

[Douglas Fenner]

Coral reefs in peril in a record-breaking year

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4532

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Short Nature article pointing to the tipping points report

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03849-y

Global Tipping Points report

https://global-tipping-points.org/

In Section 1, "Earth system tipping points"

https://global-tipping-points.org/section1/1-earth-system-tipping-points/

In "Tipping points in the biosphere"

https://global-tipping-points.org/section1/1-earth-system-tipping-points/1-3-tipping-points-in-the-biosphere/

Warm-water coral reefs  section

https://global-tipping-points.org/section1/1-earth-system-tipping-points/1-3-tipping-points-in-the-biosphere/1-3-2-current-state-of-knowledge-on-tipping-points-in-the-biosphere/1-3-2-7-coastal-ecosystems/

The article is not long but is concentrated.  It is followed on the same
page with a section on mangroves and seagrasses.

The section is supported with an abundance of references to the original
literature.  Just click on a reference to have a link to the paper open in
a separate window.

Cheers, Doug

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Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

World's richest 1% emit as much as 5 billion people
https://makerichpolluterspay.org/climate-equality-report/

Huge expansion of fossil fuels planned, will be very destructive
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/insanity-petrostates-planning-huge-expansion-of-fossil-fuels-says-un-report

"without policy changes, the world will heat up enough by the end of the
century that more than 2 billion people will live in life-threatening hot
climates"         Will you be in that area???
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-sounding-alarm-dangerous-problem-123000792.html

World subsidies for fossil fuels reached an all-time high of over $1
TRILLION in 2022, the last year for which data is available.  The subsidies
MUST end.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fossil-fuel-subsidies-must-end/