[Coral-List] coral disease linked to shipping

Phillip Dustan phil.dustan at gmail.com
Tue Jul 27 13:20:09 UTC 2021


Hi DOug,
Shipping is linked to tourism and liveaboard vessels as well as large
cruise ships all exude the same kinds of waste streams from humans.
So we are left with the conclusion that tourism may be the pandemic of the
coral reef disease crisis.
One could add smaller, private vessels in the mix as well...........
Phil

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 9:07 AM Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Deadly coral disease sweeping Caribbean linked to wastewater from ships
>
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/22/deadly-coral-disease-sweeping-caribbean-linked-to-wastewater-from-ships
>
> Spatial and temporal patterns of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease outbreaks
> in the Bahamas.
>
> https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.682114/full
>
> Cheers, Doug
>
>
> --
> Douglas Fenner
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> NOAA Fisheries Service
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> Honolulu
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>
> Slashing emissions by 2050 isn't enough.  We can bring down temperature
> now.
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/climate-deadlines-super-pollutants-hfcs-methane/2021/04/15/acb8c612-9d7d-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html
>
> Humans have destroyed 97% of earth's ecosystems
> (well, more like only 3% are fully intact)
> https://a.msn.com/r/2/BB1fH7DT?m=en-us&referrerID=InAppShare
>
> Study: One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years.
> (but 2-4 times worse in tropics)
> https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/uoa-soo021220.php
> https://www.pnas.org/content/117/8/4211
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