[Coral-List] plastic on coral reefs

[Douglas Fenner]

Striking images show plastic litter in the world's most remote coral reefs

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02271-8

Plastic pollution on the world's coral reefs

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06113-5

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

1 million Florida buildings will be overrun by sea-level rise, new study
shows, at a cost of $261-624 BILLION

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-million-florida-buildings-overrun-091203340.html

Scientists size up human predatory footprint
Humans are the ultimate predators, trapping, hunting, or otherwise
exploiting 15,000 species of vertebrates—300 times more species than
jaguars and 113 times more than great white sharks.
https://www.science.org/content/article/news-glance-muscular-dystrophy-therapy-lab-grown-chicken-and-humans-toll-wildlife

Animals are dying in droves.  What are they telling us?
https://newrepublic.com/article/172221/animals-dying-sea-lions