[Coral-List] new "business as usual" projections for climate change

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Interesting article Doug, especially as it applies to previous discussions. If we knew we were preparing for a mid-range (or below) scenario warming many coral restoration projects would seem more viable and that just underscores the need to link their prospects for ultimate success to requisite mitigation efforts. For without them it’s more likely we are all headed for that “disaster” you mentioned.

Regards,

Steve

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On 2/4/20, 5:42 PM, Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

As we all know, global warming and acidification are huge threats to the

future of corals. Here are a discussion of some new insights into what is

probable, if we don't take action. Not quite as bad as had been projected,

but still a "disaster" if we don't act.

Cheers, Doug

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00177-3?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=ee09f96136-briefing-dy-20200130&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-ee09f96136-43423877

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Douglas Fenner

Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor

NOAA Fisheries Service

Pacific Islands Regional Office

Honolulu

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Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA

"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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