[Coral-List] more coral papers: bleaching, interventions, calcification

Fri Jan 3 23:36:33 UTC 2020

You're right, they would have detected it when checking the SST. Thanks,

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El vie., 3 ene. 2020 a las 20:25, Douglas Fenner (<
douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>) escribió:

> Ah yes, you did mention the "ocean conveyor belt" which is a popular name
> for the thermohaline circulation.  Perhaps you could explain how that might
> cause corals near the surface to bleach in the Indian Ocean but not in
> Fiji, I'm not sure how slow moving deep currents might affect water shallow
> enough that it has reef corals in it.  And if it did, wouldn't the
> satellites pick that up as "sea surface temperature" that already would be
> accounted for in the studies?  I would have thought that the currents and
> temperatures that would affect reef corals would be near the surface, so
> the wind driven currents in the Wikepedia map I pointed to.
>     Cheers, Doug
>     Cheers, Doug
>
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 12:15 AM Neus Figueras <neus.fi.ba at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your answer, Doug. I meant thermohaline circulation and the
>> possibility that it would influence the surface temperature. NOAA has a
>> diagram here
>> https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_currents/05conveyor2.html
>> Cheers,
>>
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>> El vie., 3 ene. 2020 a las 9:58, Douglas Fenner (<
>> douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>) escribió:
>>
>>> Usually, along east coasts, surface currents move away from the equator,
>>> and along west coasts they move towards the equator.  Wikipedia has a nice
>>> diagram of the basics.
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_current#/media/File:Corrientes-oceanicas.png
>>>      So currents usually carry warm water away from the tropics, and
>>> cold water towards the tropics.
>>> Cheers,  Doug
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 8:22 AM Neus Figueras <neus.fi.ba at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> From *A key to bleaching events?  Location, location, location*, it
>>>> reads “Corals from East Africa to the central Indian Ocean experienced high
>>>> levels of bleaching, whereas those farther east, in places like Fiji,
>>>> seemed to fare somewhat better”. If you picture the ocean conveyor belt,
>>>> you’ll see that it trasnsports cold water along East Africa and to the
>>>> central Indian Ocean, and warm water farther east. One hypothesis would be
>>>> that corals in places like Fiji are used to a slightly higher temperature.
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>>>> El lun., 30 dic. 2019 a las 16:35, Douglas Fenner via Coral-List (<
>>>> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>) escribió:
>>>>
>>>>> A key to bleaching events?  Location, location, location.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://eos.org/articles/a-key-to-coral-bleaching-events-location-location-location
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Forecasting global coral bleaching
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-019-0593-7
>>>>>
>>>>>  Temperature patterns and mechanisms influencing coral bleaching
>>>>> during the
>>>>> 2016 El Nino.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-019-0576-8
>>>>>
>>>>> Report examines new tools to protect coral reefs
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://eos.org/articles/report-examines-new-tools-to-protect-coral-reefs
>>>>>
>>>>> A decision framework for interventions to increase the persistence and
>>>>> resilience of coral reefs
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25424/a-decision-framework-for-interventions-to-increase-the-persistence-and-resilience-of-coral-reefs
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> pdf free download
>>>>>
>>>>> “Coral interventions that address the impacts of ocean warming and
>>>>> ocean
>>>>> acidification are part of a three-pronged approach for coral reef
>>>>> management that crucially also includes the mitigation of greenhouse
>>>>> gas
>>>>> emissions and the alleviation of local stressors.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Sea level rise may activate growth of some reef islands
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://eos.org/research-spotlights/sea-level-rise-may-reactivate-growth-of-some-reef-islands
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Coral reef island initiation and development under higher than present
>>>>> sea
>>>>> levels.
>>>>>
>>>>>  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018GL079589
>>>>>
>>>>> Dead reefs keep calcifying but only by day
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://eos.org/articles/dead-reefs-keep-calcifying-but-only-by-day#disqus_thread
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,  Doug
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Douglas Fenner
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>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> Greenhouse gas emissions to set new record this year, but rate of
>>>>> growth
>>>>> shrinks
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/greenhouse-gas-emissions-year-set-new-record-rate-growth-shrinks?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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>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> Greenhouse gas emissions to set new record this year, but rate of growth
>>> shrinks
>>>
>>> https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/greenhouse-gas-emissions-year-set-new-record-rate-growth-shrinks?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
>>>
>>>
>
> --
> 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
>
> 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
>
> Greenhouse gas emissions to set new record this year, but rate of growth
> shrinks
>
> https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/greenhouse-gas-emissions-year-set-new-record-rate-growth-shrinks?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
>
>