[Coral-List] scientists watching their life's work disappear

[Douglas Fenner]

About the 6th scientist down (David Obura) works on coral reefs.  It's a
brief read.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/magazine/extinction-species-scientists-climate-change.html

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

"without policy changes, the world will heat up enough by the end of the
century that more than 2 billion people will live in life-threatening hot
climates"
Will you be in that area???
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-sounding-alarm-dangerous-problem-123000792.html

World subsidies for fossil fuels reached an all-time high of over $1
TRILLION in 2022, the last year for which data is available.  The subsidies
MUST end.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fossil-fuel-subsidies-must-end/

Over 3500 invasive species cost the world over $400 BILLON a year

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-issue-sobering-warning-invasive-180000644.html
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/09/unep-five-drivers-nature-crisis-biodiversity-loss/
https://www.ipbes.net/IASmediarelease