[Coral-List] A couple rays of hope??

[Douglas Fenner]

These scientists studying coral reefs were brought to tears-- but in a good
way.

http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-coral-reef-health-20160324-story.html

Original article:

Smith et al.  January, 2016.  Re-evaluating the health of coral reef
communities: baselines and evidence for human impacts across the Central
Pacific.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1822/20151985

(not open access)

Older article:

Coral reefs may be more adaptive to climate change than once thought.

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-coral-reef-bleaching-20131029-story.html

Original article:

Incorporating adaptive responses into future projections of coral bleaching.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12390/abstract

not open access (note lead author for correspondence)

Cheers,  Doug


Douglas Fenner
Consultant, corals, coral reefs, coral identification
"have regulator, will travel"
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

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"Belief in climate change is optional, participation is not."- Jim Beever.
  "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts."-
Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

Solar can power more than 100 times America's current electricity needs, a
new report finds

http://www.theclimategroup.org/what-we-do/news-and-blogs/solar-can-power-more-than-100-times-americas-current-electricity-needs-new-report-finds

Record shattering February warmth bakes Alaska, Arctic 18oF

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/13/3759569/record-february-warmth-alaska-arctic/

Sea level is now rising at the fastest rate in 3,000 years.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/sea-levels-are-rising-their-fastest-rate-2000-years?utm_campaign=email-news-latest&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=292592
http://mashable.com/2016/02/22/manmade-sea-level-rise-flooding/#fscPLGedCiqz

website:  http://independent.academia.edu/DouglasFenner

blog: http://ocean.si.edu/blog/reefs-american-samoa-story-hope


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