[Coral-List] another press article on some coral restoration projects

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Hi Doug,

I thought their highlighted disclosure made it expressly clear that they were primarily interested in this new scientific approach designed to slow the decline of coral reefs.

WHY WE WROTE THIS

RESILIENCE

Scientists, in a shift from the tradition of not meddling in nature, are replicating coral that shows surprising pockets of resilience amid warming oceans.

But, you are right to ask why they are not even more interested in where this slow (?), but continuous decline is ultimately headed or what we could do to restore more natural (and favorable) conditions to the ecosystem at large.

Regards,

Steve

On 1/24/23, 8:30 PM, Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

Reefs are in trouble. Can scientists nurture more resilient coral?

https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2023/0123/Reefs-are-in-trouble.-Can-scientists-nurture-more-resilient-coral

No mention that if we don't get climate change under control, we will

likely not only lose most natural corals but may lose some or a lot of

corals these projects produce. Also, no mention that no matter how many

corals these projects grow, it will be a tiny amount compared to the number

of natural corals and the numbers that have been killed.

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

Degrowth can work - here's how science can help

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04412-x

CoP 27, CoP 17, the party's over https://www.petersalebooks.com/?p=3324

Fixing methane leaks is a fast and vast help for climate change, and pays

for itself.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-fixing-methane-leaks-oil-132702814.html

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