[Coral-List] In regard to article about only 3 of Earth ecosystems are intact

Fri May 7 22:07:01 UTC 2021

 All,
Headlines like "Humans have destroyed 97% of earth's ecosystems" do us all such a disfavor, because for so many people (the same people we are trying to convince there is a legitimate problem), it simply does not jive with what they see day-to-day. The absolute destruction narrative doesn't compute if the view out your classroom or office window is miles and miles of intact or restored pine forest (for example).   
While most of the planet's ecosystems obviously do not function in the way they did several millennia ago, many them are none-the-less providing levels of services that are more or less acceptable to the societies that live in them. Regardless if it makes some among us uncomfortable, the question for resource managers in a democracy is "what ecosystem(s) does society want, with what costs and trade-offs?"  
All of this is to say that even if we feel differently than the public at-large about an ecosystem's objective condition, sensationalism cheapens our message and makes our task all the more difficult. Because - it's those same people we are trying to convince about the need for (and to abide by) various rules and regulations and to fund all of our work via their taxpayer dollars.
Best,Chris

    On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 07:01:27 AM HST, Alina Szmant via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:  

 Doug:  

I took a look at to me the most alarming of the articles you shared which some Listers might overlook so I want to point it out: 

"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"

This is all about human overpopulation changing terrestrial ecosystems to accommodate more and more people. Cutting down trees for urban and agricultural development; diverting water for human consumption and agriculture and industry; changing the hydrological cycle by changes in land use; etc etc etc. This is aside from any fossil fuel related issues. If all of our energy was from renewables but we continue to increase in numbers and destroy the Earth ecosystems in our wake, the Earth is still destroyed without even one more molecule of greenhouse gas added to our atmosphere.

Regards,

Alina

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From: Coral-List <coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> On Behalf Of Douglas Fenner via Coral-List
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 3:54 AM
To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: [Coral-List] Watching a pristine reef be killed

Watching a coral reef die as climate change devastates one of the most pristine tropical island areas on earth.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/watching-a-coral-reef-die-as-climate-change-devastates-one-of-the-most-pristine-tropical-island-areas-on-earth/ar-BB1gbsJH

Doug

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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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