[Coral-List] GBR bleachinig, coral larvae in hot water, plastic & coral disease

Douglas Fenner douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Tue Apr 7 22:03:40 UTC 2020


Great Barrier Reef suffers its most widespread mass bleaching event on
record

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/04/06/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching/?fbclid=IwAR0GCpjAaEuQOv-NbYDKlED1q4x53qW77_lDDicaUphIVTbUFd3DiMoNCIE

Rescuing the Great Barrier Reef: how much can be saved, and how can we do
it?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/05/rescuing-the-great-barrier-reef-how-much-can-be-saved-and-how-can-we-do-it?fbclid=IwAR0aEy1UZTIslcC1sdJp64JS0vdN9r-6MDwLuewFaAjXXntp2tlcLO-ZUc0


Uncoupling temperature-dependent mortality from lipid depletion for
scleractinian coral larvae.  Coral Reefs 2017, 36: 97-

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-016-1501-5

Algal symbionts increase oxidative damage and death in coral larvae at high
temperatures.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 2009, 378: 105-

 https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m378p105.pdf

open-access

Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs
Science 2018, 359: 460-

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6374/460

open-access

Cheers, Doug


-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

"Already, more people die  <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml>from
heat-related causes in the U.S. than from all other extreme weather events."


https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/624643780/phoenix-tries-to-reverse-its-silent-storm-of-heat-deaths


Even 50-year old climate models correctly predicted global warmng
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/even-50-year-old-climate-models-correctly-predicted-global-warming?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2019-12-06&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=3113276

"Global warming is manifestly the foremost current threat to coral reefs,
and must be addressed by the global community if reefs as we know them will
have any chance to persist."  Williams et al, 2019, Frontiers in Marine
Science


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