[Coral-List] Force Blue and Providing Hope
Austin Bowden-Kerby
abowdenkerby at gmail.com
Sat May 8 11:05:41 UTC 2021
Bula from Fiji everyone,
I have viewed the various clips on the coral restoration work that Force
Blue is doing and I do not see restoration being promoted as a quick fix
solution in these clips. To the contrary, the causes of coral reef decline
are mentioned and that this is very much a fight for their survival. Coral
restoration is not presented as the cure, rather it is presented as a point
of hopeful action, and a positive collaboration helping re-focus veterans,
many of whom are suffering from trauma.
I liked what I saw, and am happy that it is happening, as above all, it is
amazing publicity that coral reefs are in trouble, that we must do what we
can to fight the decline, and so the footage will help raise awareness and
will inspire masses of people to help save coral reefs.
Beach clean ups and removing plastic from the ocean could be criticized for
not addressing the root causes of pollution, the same might be said for sea
turtle sand seabird rehabilitation, and many other local efforts, but I
don't see people on the list criticizing those actions. It certainly is
better than sitting around doing nothing, and it can have a hugely positive
educational and motivational impact.
Of course the chances of long term survival of many of these corals may not
be very high, especially in Florida, as many of the root causes are left
unsolved. However for the public, hope is better than despair, and it
helps win people to the wider cause. It also looks like Force Blue will
continue their efforts over several years, and they are also working with
restoration scientists, so the medium term results will be clearly visible,
and if the corals die, it will hit their hearts hard, like it has for many
of us who work on corals reefs. I believe that is and will be an immensely
powerful educational and motivational experience on many levels.
I will resist going into a defence of coral restoration or clearing up old
die-hard misconceptions, or anything about the newer strategies of coral
restoration here, which in our sites at least, are less about "coral
gardening" and more about "facilitated coral recovery".. If anyone is
interested, those newer strategies can be found here:
https://reefresilience.org/case-studies/south-pacific-restoration/ Our
case study was included in the recent Hein et al UNEP report on coral
restoration:
https://www.icriforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hein-et-al.-2020_UNEP-report-1.pdf
Many of us in this group are trying to get people to adopt major lifestyle
changes, to become politically active in addressing climate change and the
environment, and to donate money to the cause, but without hope the cause
is lost and people will be turned off. The fact is that there are a very
limited number of hands-on activities that the public can do to help save
the coral reefs. Among these are beach and reef clean-ups, COTS and snail
removal, seaweed removal, invasive lionfish spearing in the Caribbean,
creating artificial reefs, and mangrove and coral planting. Ideally each
of these activities should be part of well organized efforts connected to
the bigger picture of coral reef conservation. If we come across pooly
guided or renegade efforts, then perhaps we need to be more proactive - but
in a positive and encouraging manner? Empty criticism does nothing, while
getting out there and joining in might help turn any rogue efforts into
positive actions. Perhaps by offering to become a scientific advisor or a
field volunteer, we can turn that amazing energy and volunteer spirit into
a more focused and positive force that reinforces the bigger picture? Wild
horses can indeed trample things if left to themselves, but when properly
trained and harnessed, the strength and energy of those same horses can
carry us over mountains and do immense work that we could not otherwise
accomplish.
I always say that if people are the problem, then people are the solution.
I commend Force Blue for their positive efforts in helping channel all that
energy into something positive, and in creating loving concern for the
degraded state of coral reefs in the hearts of millions, tempered with
hope.
I also commend each person reading this for all that you do to help save
this precious planet.
We have a long way to go!
Kind regards,
Austin
Austin Bowden-Kerby, PhD
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> 1. a restoration project in Indonesia and trash on a Philippine
> reef (Douglas Fenner)
> 2. Re: Fwd: 100 Yards of Hope Documentary Premiere on April 27
> (Jon slayer)
> 3. FW: Call for contributions - Special Issue on Sargassum in
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> 4. marine heat waves (Douglas Fenner)
> 5. article: blueprint for coral survival (Douglas Fenner)
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> Date: Wed, 5 May 2021 16:25:31 -1100
> From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
> To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Subject: [Coral-List] a restoration project in Indonesia and trash on
> a Philippine reef
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> Two very short videos on reef restoration in Indonesia and then trash on a
> Philippine reef:
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> Indonesia coral reef partially restored in extensive project - BBC News
> <https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-56985594>
>
> The second should play automatically after the first.
>
> Cheers, Doug
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> --
> Douglas Fenner
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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
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> 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
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> 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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> Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 11:50:42 +0000
> From: Jon slayer <jonslayer at hotmail.co.uk>
> To: sarah hughes <s.jer.hughes at gmail.com>, Damien Beri
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> Thanks to all who have replied to this thread. I have forwarded all
> correspondence on to Force Blue for follow up where it would be useful.
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> Best Regards
>
> Jon
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> From: sarah hughes <s.jer.hughes at gmail.com>
> Sent: 25 April 2021 18:32
> To: Damien Beri <damienberi at gmail.com>
> Cc: Jon slayer <jonslayer at hotmail.co.uk>; coral list <
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> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Fwd: 100 Yards of Hope Documentary Premiere on
> April 27
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't usually chime in on Coral-List conversations, but I figured I'd
> note one critique that hasn't been mentioned yet. The only* problem I have
> with this project (and many other restoration-type projects gleaning media
> attention) is the lack of diversity in the cast/crew. This is important, as
> you have a HUGE platform to showcase work being done to increase resilience
> of coral reefs, but it's showing a fraction of the population who actually
> do the work, and also a fraction of those who are invested in climate
> solutions. There is only one female (white) on the crew it looks like, and
> only one Asian-American male. The rest look like cis-het white men. It's
> not surprising though when you look at the BOD, which consists only of
> white men.
>
> Now before you roll your eyes and say "but it doesn't matter who's doing
> the work, as long as they're doing it" I'd think about your audience, and
> who will be affected by viewing this film, and related media content. I
> won't get into the pedantics about research and studies that have shown
> increased minority visibility creates more momentum in respective
> demographics, but the fact that this is yet again another film that is
> showing The White Man saving Planet Earth from our shitty prior management
> and activities, reinforces that 1) if you're BIPOC or female you don't have
> a place in this work and 2) white males doing all the best work in the
> name of "conservation" will save our planet. Both are untrue and harmful if
> we as a scientific community want to encourage more people to get into the
> field and work necessary for creating lasting change.
>
> In the trailer there is not one non-white person shown. And then there's
> the stat of 70% of people watch NFL/Superbowl/sports. There's a huge gap
> and missed opportunity by only showing white folks in this field.
>
> So the only thing I'd say, Robin, and Jon, is diversify your crew! Show
> the legions of BIPOC, female, LGBTQ+, etc people who are doing the work!
> Show the NFL players (who are majority Black and Brown) who are involved.
> I'm sure there are some non-white folks from the vast group of veterans to
> choose from. It will help get more people invested and on board, and break
> the negative feedback loop reinforced with the conventional messaging seen
> in the trailer. In the end, we want as many people aware and pushing for
> change as possible, right? There's a good opportunity to wrangle in a big
> portion of the U.S.'s population by diversifying your cast (and project
> members).
>
> Aslo, to Damien's point, not sure why NOAA had to fund this as the
> military also has, oh, billions of dollars available? Who knows.
>
> Cheers,
> Sarah
>
> * and it's not the only problem, as I agree with many of the other
> critiques that have been noted by others, but I figure this initiative has
> good intent, and I still think it's important to show what's being done to
> push for political change, etc.
>
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 1:17 PM Damien Beri via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov<mailto:coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>>
> wrote:
> I think we are being a bit too critical. Besides, this project is meant to
> inspire children and the public. It was not designed to impress us Coral
> nerds. We should be supporting these efforts. The more we bash coral
> restoration efforts, the less unified we appear as a community.
>
> All too often we are quick to criticize the flaws in coral restoration.
> Nothing is perfect. If you think you can do it better than go for it.
>
> I can also guarantee that the ?learning experiences? associated with this
> project will explain to students that global warming, ocean acidification,
> runoff, overfishing etc... all need to be addressed for coral reefs to
> recover. If they don?t, then yes the project has suffered a fatal flaw in
> addressing the overarching issues.
>
> Additionally, to say coral restoration won?t work because you have
> addressed to underlying threats is not true on all cases. While it is the
> right thing to do (address overarching threats) I don?t think you can stop
> global warming, and ocean acidification over night. So, do we do nothing?
> No, we do a media friendly Coral restoration project that attracts the
> hearts and minds of the younger generations. To me, that?s the most
> valuable aspect to any coral restoration project.
>
> I am not saying I support this project, but I am also not going to bash it
> in front of all the other aspiring coral biologists attached to this thread.
>
> Now, why NOAA needed to contribute their limited funds to an NFL
> project... that just sounds odd. The NFL has more funding than NOAA when
> you consider all the people being paid.
>
> Warm regards,
> Damien Beri
>
> National Marine Fisheries Service
> Observer Program
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> Founder of Reefined Arts Coral Restoration LLC
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> Masters In Marine Conservation and Policy
> Stony Brook University
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> > On Apr 23, 2021, at 7:31 AM, Jon slayer via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov<mailto:coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>>
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> >
> > ?Noted the valid criticisms below and no doubt there are more. A
> question - how many coral reef research publications were showcased at the
> last two Superbowls? Force Blue were.
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> > How do you engage the 18 million US Veterans and broader US population
> in coral reef conservation and environmental issues? Force Blue reaches
> people that otherwise would not hear about these issues.
> >
> > It may be easy to pick holes in the content of these media releases and
> the approach of Force Blue purely from an academic perspective but as a
> tool for communicating with our society Force Blue should be embraced by
> the Coral List community. I would encourage you to work with these guys,
> they have a lot to offer. Then you can help them get the messaging right
> too. They can help with your projects and help communicate them to people
> that would otherwise not hear, or care, about them.
> >
> > I am a veteran and Force Blue team member. Unusually for a veteran I
> have a background approaching 30 years of involvement in coral reef
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> > From: Coral-List <coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov<mailto:
> coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>> on behalf of Douglas Fenner via
> Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov<mailto:
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> > Sent: 22 April 2021 22:13
> > To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov<mailto:
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> > Subject: [Coral-List] Fwd: 100 Yards of Hope Documentary Premiere on
> April 27
> >
> > This message is too long, so here is an abstract:
> >
> > Robin's message is exciting sounding.
> >
> > But, Florida's reefs are not barrier reefs.
> >
> > The US actually has other barrier reefs in Hawaii, but they are very
> small.
> >
> > This project sounds to me like it is treating the symptoms of the
> problem,
> > not the causes. If we don't treat the causes, our projects are doomed to
> > failure, sooner or later, wasted time, effort, and money. Shouldn't we
> at
> > least acknowledge that???
> >
> > Scale: such projects are necessarily minute in scale compared to the
> > world's reefs. 100 yards of reef will not save reefs that are the size
> of
> > the Great Barrier Reef, 2500 MILES long, not 100 yards. It's a start,
> BUT
> > reefs are too big, vastly too big.
> >
> > There are reasons the corals have been dying in Florida, from what I
> read,
> > this project doesn't tackle any of them. Coral disease has probably
> caused
> > the most coral mortality in the western Atlantic, and is still killing
> > lots. We don't have good tools to stop it yet. The latest and best
> > research shows that Florida's water over it's reefs has way too many
> > nutrients, which is killing the corals. A restoration project's own
> > published data shows that most of the corals they planted out die over
> > time. Why would we expect planted out corals to live any longer than
> those
> > that are already naturally out there? Yes, breeding for heat resistance
> > can help. But if we don't get greenhouse gas emissions, we're heading
> full
> > speed towards a world so hot no coral will be able to survive, selective
> > breeding or not. Meantime, almost all corals planted out are doomed to
> die
> > due to bad water quality and/or disease.
> >
> > OK, now the lengthy version:
> >
> > Robin,
> > Wow, that's exciting!! I guess it was written to be exciting.
> >
> > A couple of technical details. The Florida reefs are not a barrier reef,
> > although some people like to call them that. Everybody wants to call
> their
> > reef a barrier reef, presumably because the Great Barrier Reef is so
> > famous. The "Mesoamerican Barrier Reef" is not a barrier reef north of
> > Belize, it is a fringing reef there. Belize indeed has a barrier reef.
> > Florida's living coral reefs, what are left of them, are tiny little
> > things, most of which you'd need GPS to find. They're not a barrier to
> > anything. The Florida Keys are indeed a string of islands that are very
> > much of a barrier. The shallow water around them is as well, ships have
> > gone aground at times. The Florida coral reefs have long been called the
> > "Florida Reef Track."
> >
> > Second, actually, the U.S. does have some barrier reefs, Hawaii has a
> > couple of quite small barrier reefs, one is on the north shore of Oahu at
> > Kaneohe Bay, and the other on the north shore of Kauai.
> >
> > Your post says that this project will "lay the groundwork for future
> coral
> > restoration worldwide". Sounds like nobody else has been doing any coral
> > restoration. I'm told Fiji alone has 50 reef restoration projects.
> Recent
> > post on coral-list announced a new book with lots of chapters by people
> > doing coral restoration, I presume some of the authors are scientists and
> > that something is known about reef restoration already.
> >
> > More seriously:
> >
> > A major question is whether projects like this, particularly in Florida
> but
> > also surely some other places (but just as surely not all), are treating
> > the symptoms instead of the disease. If you don't tackle what caused the
> > loss of corals, planting corals will not "save a portion of the reef."
> >
> > May I commend people to an article by Mumby and Steneck, 2008, in
> > particular Box 1, which is entitled "Active reef restoration: Great
> > Expectations or Field of Dreams?" It points out two problems: scale, and
> > treating symptoms.
> >
> > Scale: "To date, the largest active restoration project treated an area
> of
> > 0.07 km2, which is six orders of magnitude less than the estimated global
> > area of damaged coral [72]." "100 Yards of Hope" when the Great Barrier
> > Reef is 2500 miles long with about 2500 reefs, as long as Maine to
> > Florida?? Yes, restoration can work on some small high-value reefs. But
> > you can't restore all the damaged reefs. Is raising unrealistic hopes
> > instead of tackling the real problems, a good idea??
> >
> > For treating symptoms, it says "Treating the symptoms versus the
> > causes of an unhealthy reef" and "A reef is considered unhealthy if it
> > lacks the resilience needed for natural processes of recovery." (does
> that
> > sound like Florida?) and "The system can be so hostile to coral that the
> > transplants die rapidly." and "As Edwards points out [72], active
> > restoration has the greatest potential to stimulate recovery in systems
> of
> > intermediate health." That is, if a reef is in great health, there is no
> > need for restoration, it hasn't lost. And if it is in terrible shape,
> that
> > means something damaged it. Unless the causal factor is removed, whether
> > it be mass coral bleaching, disease, bad water quality, overfishing,
> > whatever, then "restoring" a reef will be a very temporary exercise, the
> > corals planted out will die at rates similar to the natural coral. A lot
> > of money and effort will have been wasted with no permanent benefit. Are
> > the Florida reefs in great health, intermediate health, or terrible
> > health??? I'm no expert, I don't study them, but from what I read it
> does
> > NOT sound good, I doubt they are in intermediate health. More likely
> they
> > are in their final death throes. But maybe I've been reading too much
> > exaggerated alarmist reports.
> >
> > Which reminds me of a recent paper from Florida by Ware et al. Their
> > abstract states "Survivorship among projects based on colony counts
> ranged
> > from 4% to 89% for seven cohorts monitored at least five years. Weibull
> > survival models were used to estimate survivorship beyond the duration of
> > the projects and ranged from approximately 0% to over 35% after five
> years
> > and 0% to 10% after seven years." Does that sound like success to
> > people?? How should success be measured, by number of corals planted out
> > (even if most or all will die?), is 90% survival success? 50%? 35%?
> 10%
> > 0%??? There is an old saying about yachts, that the definition of a
> yacht
> > is a hole in the water you pour money into (maintenance, no doubt).
> >
> > So how about that Florida water? Does that have anything to do with the
> > decline of the reefs there? Granted, coral disease has had a major
> impact
> > in Florida and the Caribbean, and the new disease is killing much of what
> > is left. And a cure-all for coral disease is surely not at hand and
> seems
> > a long way off. But a coral-list post not that long ago pointed to a
> study
> > documenting in great detail the problems with Florida water in the keys.
> > My understanding is that millions or probably 10's of millions or more is
> > being spent to build wastewater treatment plants on the Florida Keys,
> where
> > until they are built, sewage water is pumped into wells down into the
> > highly porous carbonate rock under everything, some of which eventually
> > comes out nearer the reefs.
> >
> > Anybody who wants to see what Florida looks like underwater, Joe Pawlick
> > has posted on coral list links to several videos taken there. Lots of
> > gorgonians, some sponges, and precious few live corals. Very sad and
> > disheartening.
> >
> >
> > I must acknowledge that many project leaders realize if we don't get the
> > threats that cause the loss of corals fixed, coral restoration will not
> > bring the reefs back. In some or many restoration sites, the water
> quality
> > is good. Some projects outplant corals that are more heat tolerant than
> > other corals (but if we continue business as usual, emissions and global
> > warming will kill any "supercoral" anybody can breed.) I also
> acknowledge
> > that there is a good argument for buying time for major threats like
> global
> > warming and water quality to be reduced. But don't we need to do some
> > critical thinking and be realistic about the continuing causes of loss of
> > corals and our chance of restoring badly degraded reefs??
> >
> > I have full sympathy. We are ALL incredibly frustrated. The problems
> that
> > HAVE to be solved are so large and great, and there is SO much resistance
> > to solving any of them, a single person or small project is way too tiny.
> > And I agree, we have to try things, sometimes against great odds, when we
> > are as desperate as we are now. I like the idea of presenting sucess
> > stories as well as gloom and doom stories. But is planting out thousands
> > of corals in Florida and then they almost all die, a success story????
> >
> > Mumby and Steneck. 2008. Coral reef management and conservation in
> light
> > of rapidly evolving ecological paradigms. Trends in Ecology and
> Evolution
> > 23(10)
> >
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> > Ware et al Survivorship and growth in staghorn coral *(Acropora
> > cervicornis)* outplanting projects in the Florida Keys National Marine
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> > Thirty years of unique data reveal what's really killing coral reefs
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> >
> > Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment of seagrass and coral reef communities
> in
> > the lower Florida Keys: discrimination of local versus regional nitrogen
> > sources
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> >
> > Cheers, Doug
> >
> >
> >> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 1:56 PM Robin Garcia - NOAA Affiliate via
> >> Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov<mailto:
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>> wrote:
> >>
> >> The world premiere of 100 Yards of Hope,a documentary about the unique
> >> Super Bowl restoration of a football field-sized coral reef, will debut
> >> during NFLDraft week in Cleveland, the host city of this year?s
> Draft.The
> >> film features the work of FORCE BLUE, a team of retired Special
> >> Operations military
> >> divers dedicated to saving America?s only barrier coral reef. NFLGreen
> >> teamed
> >> up with FORCE BLUE, scientists, natural resource managers and NFL
> partners
> >> who came together to save a portion of the reef off the coast of Miami
> and
> >> lay
> >> the groundwork for future coral restoration worldwide. The Greater
> >> Cleveland Aquarium will host the world premiere virtually on Tuesday,
> April
> >> 27, 2021 at 10AM EDT.
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> >> Students from the Cleveland area will be featured following the
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> >> they direct questions to marine scientist Dalton Hesley and former Navy
> >> SEAL Steve ?Gonzo? Gonzalez. Schools who register for the premiere will
> >> also receive coral education learning links and the chance to win a
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> >> Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?s Coral Reef Conservation Program
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> creation of
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> >> coral reefs and this unique collaboration to address it.
> >>
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> Sarah Hughes
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> Master of Marine Management Graduate
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> Dalhousie University | Marine Affairs Program
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 23:37:25 +0000
> From: Ligia Collado-Vides <colladol at fiu.edu>
> To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Subject: [Coral-List] FW: Call for contributions - Special Issue on
> Sargassum in Phycology
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> Dear all
> Please see invitation below
> Thank you
> Ligia
>
> Special issue for the journal Phycology: ?Sargassum Golden Tides, a Global
> Problem?.
> ?
> Dear Colleagues,
> Beach and coastline inundations by Sargassum blooms have been called the
> single greatest threat to tourism and fisheries in the Caribbean. The
> impact of Sargassum is not only economic but has implications for the
> environment and health of coastal ecosystems and communities. Golden tides
> of Sargassum are also causing major problems in other areas of the world,
> such as the Mexican and West Africa coasts. This recurrent challenge is the
> focus of increasing research and innovations.
>
> A special issue of the open-access MDPI journal, Phycology, will emphasise
> the various impacts and potential uses of Sargassum. Submissions from
> research groups worldwide are requested. Also, papers from the conference
> ?Sargassum Golden Tides, a global problem? will be published in this issue.
> Scientific articles on the composition; potential uses (biofuels,
> fertiliser, feed, food industry, biochemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics,
> activated carbon and others); environmental, socio-economical and health
> impacts; monitoring; inundation prediction; and case studies are welcomed.
> Publications from multidisciplinary groups are especially encouraged.
>
> Deadline for manuscript submissions:?30 November 2021
> For more information visit:
>
> https://www.mdpi.com/journal/phycology/special_issues/Sargassum_Golden_Tides
> <
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.mdpi.com/journal/phycology/special_issues/Sargassum_Golden_Tides__;!!FjuHKAHQs5udqho!ZhAhRYMTYJ2wBGS1iv4rR6bTdhP3tO_91wLsTMd2f7nvBhQX1c_AFRha8OlmNw$
> >
>
> Regards
>
> John and Anne
>
> Guest Editors:
> Dr John James Milledge, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Algae
> Biotechnology Research Group, University of Greenwich.
> j.j.milledge at gre.ac.uk<mailto:j.j.milledge at gre.ac.uk>
> Ms Anne Desrochers, PhD candidate, Centre for Resource Management and
> Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus,
> Barbados.
> anne.desrochers at fao.org<mailto:anne.desrochers at fao.org>
> University of Greenwich, a charity and company limited by guarantee,
> registered in England (reg no. 986729). Registered Office: Old Royal Naval
> College, Park Row, Greenwich SE10 9LS.
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>
>
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>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 09:47:49 -1100
> From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
> To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Subject: [Coral-List] marine heat waves
> Message-ID:
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>
> A big problem for coral reefs but also other parts of the oceans
>
> Fevers are plaguing the oceans- and climate change is making them worse
>
> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01142-4
>
> Links in that article to other articles relevant to coral reefs:
>
> These corals could survive climate change- and help save the world's reefs
>
> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03629-7
>
> ?Unless we curb carbon emissions, none of this is going to make any
> difference whatsoever,?
>
> Save reefs to rescue all ecosystems
>
> https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02737-8
>
> "What?s more, small-scale attempts at coral gardening, aquarium breeding
> and cryopreservation can convey a misleading message: that the decline of
> coral reefs is solvable without rapid, coordinated action on climate change
> caused by human activity."
>
> "Ultimately, coral reefs will be lost unless global carbon emissions are
> slashed to 45% of 2010 levels by 20301
> <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02737-8#ref-CR1>."
>
> (note when articles like this say that 'some reefs will be gone' they mean
> the coral reef ecosystem, not the geological structure. We continue to use
> sloppy terminology that is way less specific than it needs to be, in my
> opinion.)
>
> Cheers, Doug
>
> --
> 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
>
> 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
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 17:36:24 -1100
> From: Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
> To: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Subject: [Coral-List] article: blueprint for coral survival
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> Designing a blueprint for coral reef survival
>
>
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320721001592?via%3Dihub
>
> Cheers, Doug
>
> --
> 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
>
> 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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