[Coral-List] Basic Question. Simple Answer ?
Fishy
fishy.1 at optusnet.com.au
Wed Jul 21 19:38:09 EDT 2004
Greetings all,
My sincerest apologies for wasting time and bandwidth with what Im sure
is an eye-rolling question for you all.
I have tried to answer this question myself but have found
insufficient research
to back up my response.
Can anyone help me ?
"Why are marine biologists so worried by a forecast global warming
rise of 1.4-5.8 degrees occurring over the next century, when the
coral obviously survived a far more rapid and greater increase (~7
deg over 10 years) about 15000 years ago (Younger Dryas) ?"
My response is this:
1. Greenland never had hard corals and the temperature change was
probably local not global.
2. Just because some corals survive, doesnt mean losing massive
diversity was a minor effect.
3. Tropical coral reefs have been stable for a long time now - sudden
change will be disasterous.
But thats the best I can offer.
Hope someone out there has some patience.
Sorry again.
Chris.
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