[Coral-List] Could coral in vitro fertilization save reefs?

[Douglas Fenner]

The Great Barrier Reef is being depleted by pollution and climate change.
Could coral "IVF" save it?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-great-barrier-reef-is-being-depleted-by-pollution-and-climate-change-could-coral-ivf-save-it/ar-AASedBx

"But Hughes cautions that unless climate change is addressed, “any human
intervention in reef communities, no matter how effective at a local scale,
will be like trying to fix a broken leg with a bandaid.”"

https://www.barrierreef.org/news/news/Robot%20makes%20world-first%20baby%20coral%20delivery%20to%20Great%20Barrier%20Reef

Cheers,  Doug



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Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

Over 1 million sq km more land cleared for crops
https://www.science.org/content/article/cropland-has-gobbled-over-1-million-square-kilometers-earth-s-surface

Peat bogs hold TWICE as much carbon as the world's forests!!!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/environmentalists-fight-protect-peat-bogs-233902101.html

Slashing emissions by 2050 isn't enough.  We can bring temperatures down
now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/climate-deadlines-super-pollutants-hfcs-methane/2021/04/15/acb8c612-9d7d-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html