[Coral-List] "assisted evolution"

[Dennis Hubbard]

Let me see if I understand the situation. We screwed up the climate system
and, as a result, corals, et. al. are suffering. So...... we're wondering
if it's a good idea to give them an "evolutionary assist". Gee...... what
could possibly go wrong? But.... you gotta give us high marks for hubris!

Dennis

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 5:12 AM Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Assisting evolution: how far should we go to help species adapt?
>
>
> https://e360.yale.edu/features/assisting-evolution-how-far-should-we-go-to-help-species-adapt
>
> The article talks about corals but also other animals and plants.
>
> Cheers, Doug
>
> --
> Douglas Fenner
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>
> Social cost of carbon emissions much higher than previous estimates
>
> https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/trump-downplayed-costs-carbon-pollution-s-about-change
>
> A German initiative seeks to curb global emissions of a climate
> super-pollutant
>
> https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30122020/chemical-plant-nitrous-oxide-climate-warming-emissions/
>
> The toxic effects of air pollution are so bad that moving from fossil fuels
> to clean energy would pay for itself in health-care savings and
> productivity gains
> <
> https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=c9f70ba54f&e=190a62d266
> >
> —
> even if climate change didn’t exist.  In the US alone, decarbonization
> would save 1.4 MILLION lives in the US alone.  And save $700 Billion a
> year.
>
> https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/8/12/21361498/climate-change-air-pollution-us-india-china-deaths
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