[Coral-List] Could foreign coral save dying reefs?

[Douglas Fenner]

"Scientists are considering a desperate attempt to use non-native coral to
restore long-struggling reefs in the Caribbean that were devastated by last
year’s heatwave. It’s a controversial proposal
<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=99643621e4&e=190a62d266>
that
comes after efforts to rescue reefs with native corals have failed. Certain
Indo-Pacific coral species easily colonize reefs, and might be able to
survive pollution, heat extremes and diseases. But they could also disturb
the local ecology in unpredictable ways. “It’s an 11th-hour solution,” says
coral geneticist Mikhail Matz, who presented the idea at a conference. “And
it is now 11:45.”"  Nature Briefing

Radical idea sparks debate

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00102-y

open-access

Cheers, Doug

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Costanza, R. 2023. To build a better world, stop chasing economic growth.
Nature 624: 519-521.   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-04029-8

Fossil fuel air pollution kills 5 million people world-wide per year
https://www.yahoo.com/news/research-shows-disturbing-between-millions-200000257.html

World's richest 1% emit as much as 5 billion people
https://makerichpolluterspay.org/climate-equality-report/

Huge expansion of fossil fuels planned, will be very destructive
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/insanity-petrostates-planning-huge-expansion-of-fossil-fuels-says-un-report

"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/