[Coral-List] Fwd: first captive breeding of ridged cactus coral
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Wed Apr 22 19:47:35 UTC 2020
Hi Vassil,
I read a number of press releases on this development and found that each contained overstatements, but that seems to be the trend these days. I’ve been trying to draw attention to this point for some time. The coral science community understands the limitations, but the public at large can easily be misled by such grandiose claims. I don’t blame those who have come to believe that we can save coral reefs without addressing climate change and other major stressors because that is how these many of these “advancements” have been framed. In my opinion, we have been led to believe that we can have our cake and eat it too.
Why worry about carbon emissions, water quality and over-fishing when we can bring the reefs back to their former glory through the wonders created by those involved in genetic engineering and out-planting?
Regards,
Steve Mussman
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On 4/22/20, 10:24 AM, Vassil Zlatarski via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
Do you consider appropriate the opening statement of this article, "The
Florida Aquarium has made a breakthrough that will help save 'America's
Great Barrier Reef,' the third largest coral reef in the world"?
Best,
Vassil
Vassil Zlatarski
D.Sc. (Biology), Ph.D. (Geology)
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From: Douglas Fenner via Coral-List
Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 8:43 AM
Subject: [Coral-List] first captive breeding of ridged cactus coral
To: coral list
The Florida Aquarium just became the first in the world to reproduced
ridged cactus coral in human care
https://a.msn.com/r/2/BB131Ehn?m=en-us&referrerID=InAppShare
Cheers, Doug
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NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
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Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA
"mitigating climate change is the critical wedge to set coral reefs on a
recovery trajectory" Duarte et al 2020 Rebuilding marine life Nature
"Already, more people die 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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