Coral reefs doomed??

[Alan E Strong]

John et al.,

Watch our WebSite tomorrow for recent report from Okinawa on 2001 bleaching
(they are finally recovering from) and information relative to 1998 recovery
from massive event that year.

http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/climohot.html

Cheers,
Al

John Ware wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> For a quantitative view of the effect of acclimation (or adaptation or
> whatever), you might wish to consider the paper that I presented at the
> 8th ICRS, Vol 1:527-532; "The effect of global warming on coral reefs:
> acclimate or die".  This was, I believe, the first attempt to quantify
> the effect of acclimation rate on the expected response of coral reefs.
> In fact, this might have been the first *quantitative* prediction of the
> effects of global warming on reefs.
>
> One major conclusion is that even with acclimation rates that would be
> considered long by human standards, say 25 - 50 yrs, the chances of
> survival of coral reefs are dramatically increased.  Acclimation with
> such large time constants may not be detectable using currently
> available data or experimental methods.
>
> John
>
> (Note: Despite the rather melodramatic title, this paper has repeatedly
> been overlooked by even rather meticulous researchers such as Ove.  Just
> my Cinderella complex showing. jrw)
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