[Coral-List] mapping reefs with LIDAR

[Douglas Fenner]

To map a coral reef, peel back the seawater

This scientist couple created an airborne observatory to map tropical
forests.  Now they are using it to identify threatened reefs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/science/coral-reefs-mapping-biodiversity.html?em_pos=large&ref=headline&te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20190611?campaign_id=34&instance_id=10114&segment_id=14176&user_id=a61bfa602a1dd7b19a21dad22e11decb&regi_id=74018794edit_sc_20190611


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Douglas Fenner
Ocean Associates, Inc. Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

A call to climate action  (Science editorial)
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6443/807?utm_campaign=toc_sci-mag_2019-05-30&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=2840296

New book "The Uninhabitable Earth"  First sentence: "It is much, much worse
than you think."
Read first (short) chapter open access:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/read-a-chapter-from-the-uninhabitable-earth-a-dire-warning-on-climate-change

Want a Green New Deal?  Here's a better one.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-a-green-new-deal-heres-a-better-one/2019/02/24/2d7e491c-36d2-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.a3fc8337cbf8