[Coral-List] popular article with lots of links

Douglas Fenner douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Fri Jun 5 10:33:37 UTC 2020


Here's what's working as scientists try to save coral reefs.

https://a.msn.com/r/2/BB152lXH

Lots of links to different articles, click on the ones you're interested in.

"All the scientists interviewed for this article noted that mitigating
climate change is the only long-term, sustainable solution to conserve and
restore coral reefs. Despite global lockdowns and sharply falling
emissions, atmospheric carbon dioxide still reached a record high in May."

Cheers,  Doug
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Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
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Consultant
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"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  <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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