[Coral-List] Florida coral restoration in hot water

[Risk, Michael]

   I would urge everyone to read May et al, 2022, PLOS One. They tested
   porewater in Biscayne Bay for toxicity, using the sea urchin embryo
   bioassay. They found toxic porewater at 22 of 25 sites.

   No reef recovery will be possible until the water is cleaned up.

   I'm sorry-is there an echo in here?
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   Steve via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
   Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 10:45 PM
   To: Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
   Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Florida coral restoration in hot water

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   Hi Doug,
   After reading that article, the quote below the title caught my eye for
   a second time.
   "Additional risky measures are now called for, unless we just want to
   give up," one scientist says
   Are those our only alternatives?
   Additional "risky measures" or giving up?
   Here's a quote I'd like to see instead.
   "In light of recent developments, we can either give up or devote our
   energies to cleaning up our oceans; reducing carbon emissions and
   trying our best to recreate the conditions that allowed corals and
   other forms of marine life to flourish in the first place".
   Thanks for all your posts!
   Steve
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   On 2/8/24, 5:51PM, Douglas Fenner via Coral-List
   <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
   After mass coral die-off, Florida scientists rethink plan to save
   ailing
   reefs
   After unprecedented heat wave killed transplanted coral, reef experts
   are
   charting a new strategy
   [1]https://www.science.org/content/article/after-mass-coral-die-off-flo
   rida-scientists-rethink-plan-to-save-ailing-reefs
   Could this be a window into the future for much of the world's reefs??
   Cheers, Doug
   --
   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
   Costanza, R. 2023. To build a better world, stop chasing economic
   growth.
   Nature 624: 519-521.
   [2]https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-04029-8
   Fossil fuel air pollution kills 5 million people world-wide per year
   [3]https://www.yahoo.com/news/research-shows-disturbing-between-million
   s-200000257.html
   World's richest 1% emit as much as 5 billion people
   [4]https://makerichpolluterspay.org/climate-equality-report/
   Huge expansion of fossil fuels planned, will be very destructive
   [5]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/insanity-petrost
   ates-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???
   [6]https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-sounding-alarm-dangerous-probl
   em-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.
   [7]https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fossil-fuel-subsid
   ies-must-end/
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References

   1. https://www.science.org/content/article/after-mass-coral-die-off-florida-scientists-rethink-plan-to-save-ailing-reefs
   2. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-04029-8
   3. https://www.yahoo.com/news/research-shows-disturbing-between-millions-200000257.html
   4. https://makerichpolluterspay.org/climate-equality-report/
   5. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/insanity-petrostates-planning-huge-expansion-of-fossil-fuels-says-un-report
   6. https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-sounding-alarm-dangerous-problem-123000792.html
   7. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fossil-fuel-subsidies-must-end/
   8. https://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list
   9. https://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list