[Coral-List] Great Barrier Reef outlook very poor

Tue Sep 3 20:51:02 UTC 2019

Hi Dennis,

Please excuse me to put my opinion on your statement below, gained from the 
environmental harmonization work we have done over the past 10 years.

“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. ”

>From the evolution we have seen in the performance of the various 
governments to achieve the Paris Agreement target of 1.5C to 2.0C, we 
believe that only a huge change in the attitude of the various governments 
and their inhabitants will allow this to happen in a timely manner.

However, failing to address local stressors as Global Warming will surpass 
2.0C only accelerates coral extinction and all the consequences.

Although we cannot solve the problem of Global Warming on Earth, the 
Universe provides the possibility of a Regional solution to those willing to 
solve local stressors.

We have applied and tested harmonization in places such as the Fernando de 
Noronha Archipelago (PE), Abrolhos Archipelago (BA), Laje de Santos (SP), 
among others, where despite the strong warming that occurred this year on 
the Brazilian coast, corals in these regions have been strengthened and 
there are no reports of deaths or major bleaching. This is not the case with 
regions without harmonization.

On the site www.sobrevivenciadoscorais.com.br and www.coralsurvival.com.br 
we present a lot of details about the works and results of the environmental 
harmonization performed.

Therefore, in my opinion, taking action to rebalance the planet by 
eliminating local stressors is a feasible option for creating refugees that 
could protect coral and marine life from extinction. Having done our 
homework, we have the solution to counteract Global Warming stressors 
locally.
I am available to answer any questions.

Hugs,

Ricardo Haraguchi
rnharag at uol.com.br
www.sobrevivenciadoscorais.com.br
ricardo at sobrevivenciadoscorais.com.

Translated by Google Translator.

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   1. Re: Great Barrier Reef outlook very poor (Dennis Hubbard)
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 16:19:11 -0400
From: Dennis Hubbard <dennis.hubbard at oberlin.edu>
To: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
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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
> 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
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Dennis Hubbard
Chair, Dept of Geology-Oberlin College Oberlin OH 44074
(440) 775-8346

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