[Coral-List] coral mass extinction?; Great Barrier Reef doesn't need saving?, more

[Douglas Fenner]

Fossil corals suggest a mass extinction is on the way: it's like a
slow-motion car crash

https://www.newsweek.com/fossil-corals-mass-extinction-1490202?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3HTlkCZ9vQgcPslRvwgz78x-mRIrDK8-HovloC7m4GPDOu-Zp-zgq0xyY#Echobox=1583252673


Evolutionary traits that enable scleractinian corals to survive mass
extinction events.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60605-2

Australia's new envoy for the Great Barrier Reef says it doesn't need saving

https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/wjvpdn/australias-new-special-envoy-great-barrier-reef-warren-entsch-says-it-doesnt-need-saving?utm_campaign=sharebutton&fbclid=IwAR3EEUtS5yG2lQQM2ieuSnlQYmydeiuONP13OP8KRd9t6Gj2zlinwrhoA9g


Israeli, Arab, int'l scientists call for action to save Red Sea corals.

https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Israeli-Arab-intl-scientists-call-for-action-to-save-Red-Sea-corals-619771?fbclid=IwAR2E6fAuh1IE14DeMz_Mo0hhVUY5EOW7MpOfL46gE8bpvHz9HGF6_S0-khs


Researchers call for 4000km of Red Sea coral reefs to be declared Marine
World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

https://www.oceanographicmagazine.com/red-sea-coral-reef/?fbclid=IwAR3H2RuPx6E-2jyHEA0XjcIOYVndr_0BjG3cZKipbzTBezX27kjSZ_Afrxs


Science, diplomacy, and the Red Sea's unique coral reef: It's time for
action.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00090/full

The Great Barrier Reef is heading for a mass bleaching of unprecedented
scale

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3mxmg/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching-2020?utm_campaign=sharebutton&fbclid=IwAR2vWI0JzmVtkRMaRlny9zUec_aPKwDHz1tcFnuj7ji9pvZoJUMK8C_6f_0


Coral reef myths and misconceptions.  Reef Encounter, Dec 2019, p. 30-37.


http://coralreefs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/REEF_ENCOUNTER_Dec_2019_lo-res_3.pdf

Cheers,  Doug

-- 
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