[Coral-List] AI identifying heat resistant reefs in Indonesia in The Guardian

[Phil Dustan]

Dear Listers,
    Again, identifying a healthy reef is easy if you know what you are
looking at. The hard part is correcting the problem so the reef does not go
tilt. All the monitoring in the world is USELESS if the reefs keep dying.
People will become aware after the reefs are all dead.  We do not need more
exotic monitoring unless it comes with a solid plan to prevent further
degradation and/or  remove the stress. Think of all the local action that
could be implemented with the cash spent on exotic robots, special cameras,
awareness cruises, and more specialized monitoring. The time is ripe for
doing simple stuff that works: no anchoring, no pollution, no fishing,
wastewater gardens instead of septic, liveaboard boats that do not anchor
or discharge their sewage.....etc. Oh - and reduce carbon emissions for the
sake of everything living on the planet.
Phil

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 7:06 AM, Johnny Langenheim <
johnnylangenheim at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey coral listers, thought you may be interested in my most recent Guardian
> article
> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=
> https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2Fthe-coral-
> triangle%2F2018%2Faug%2F13%2Fai-identifies-heat-resistant-coral-reefs-in-
> indonesia&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C37af5fce2c73468e20d208d60180e378%
> 7Ce285d438dbba4a4c941c593ba422deac%7C0%7C0%7C636698050476322411&amp;sdata=
> 89L2DMNwKVt5k6kNAtlKMKA0NovwY71GHf2xTE3JXWg%3D&amp;reserved=0>
> - can AI and imaging tech identify reefs that are more resilient to climate
> change/acidification and will these reefs one day re-seed others that
> haven't fared so well? Would be interested to hear more opinions on the 50
> Reefs project.
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