[Coral-List] unchecked global warming could collapse whole ecosystems
Douglas Fenner
douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Sat Apr 11 19:57:36 UTC 2020
Unchecked global warming could collapse whole ecosystems, maybe within 10
years
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07042020/global-warming-ecosystem-biodiversity-rising-heat-species?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=8077824413-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-8077824413-327959893
"As some key species go extinct, entire ecosystems like coral reefs and
forests will crumble, and some will collapse abruptly, starting as soon as
this decade, a new study <https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2189-9> in
the journal *Nature* warns."
open-access
The projected timing of abrupt ecological disruption from climate change
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2189-9
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2189-9.epdf?referrer_access_token=w1vHgLXo1ht1oelhTqGY19RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Mu1Ah8wVLy6bvXVvBoMP6OX5Xn8HtFnr5wyEsRgddPi_a2NoQ-AyGMKenRa6AWh27MwKKICU6rm-dBnde_8lgkgEcViaiokWllvycXk6o5CLYLV360_jwOsSLkFkJHr_5d8nAEb2L255GODdgGNpOw_gO66b_bp3_Sxcv7f9TFeTmx54TDcsOweEhlVCtl9NUOx1xi90xRT8ZyMP5441igriTqLmeVD4tU95wwekKhi1Tamm_gcPA3muXv-rX5KqedfJflrdhzpnTZATohdrj5RVRpnfAxUeSaSt7wGN9E5w%3D%3D&tracking_referrer=www.theguardian.com&fbclid=IwAR1ShMZpAblUVtJSYsYJyhaqjXRQKdtTBo1PpcVL7TJoqwGuTAP8aLPO0gw
Cheers, Doug
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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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