[Coral-List] Great Barrier Reef outlook very poor

[Dennis Hubbard]

Thanks Doug - even if it's more than a little depressing.

Before climate change (aka "side-in" stress"; I guess top-down and bottom
-up were already taken), the GBR had the advantage of separation as we all
lamented the decline of our favorite reefs more proximal to population
centers. Regarding our recent discussions of the value of local efforts, we
do need to think about how to balance those against the reality that global
warming may trump all. Does anyone have any solid data or good
evidence-based discussions/papers of how warming affects the efficacy of
strategies that focus on the role of predators versus the role of local
stressors like pollution, nutrients, etc. (i.e., not a discussion of
climate versus pollution/nutrients versus over-fishing, but something that
addresses how climate change affects strategies to mitigate either one)? If
we can keep this as a clearing-house for existing papers/data on the
subject rather than personal opinions, it would be more useful for me -
but, I acknowledge that I don't make the rules.

Dennis

On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 10:48 AM Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Great Barrier Reef outlook very poor, Australia says
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-49520949
>
> Open-access
>
> Cheers, Doug
> --
> Douglas Fenner
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> 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
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