[Coral-List] Are coral reefs really doomed?
Alan.e.strong
alan.e.strong at noaa.gov
Wed Jul 18 14:55:57 EDT 2012
Sorry: Actual Emission levels = "Actuals."
Al
On 7/18/2012 2:54 PM, Douglas Fenner wrote:
> I don't understand your point, and I suspect that people for whom
> English is not their first language may be even more puzzled than I
> am. Perhaps you could elaborate a bit? Cheers, Doug
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Alan.e.strong <alan.e.strong at noaa.gov
> <mailto:alan.e.strong at noaa.gov>> wrote:
>
> First the "Rates"...next the "Actuals"!!
>
> Al
>
>
> On 7/18/2012 12:07 PM, John Bruno wrote:
> > In response to Alina's point (below): we indeed have come quite
> a long way since 2001. Emissions rates in China are increasing,
> but they are decreasing for many other nations (the US, Canada,
> across Europe and S America, etc).
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/31/world-carbon-dioxide-emissions-country-data-co2
> >
> > Green technology, economies, the deployment of renewables, etc
> have advanced enormously over the last decade. Yes, CO2 emissions
> have not stabilized or declined and we need to get to
> stabilization in the next decade, but I think there is a chance we
> will. (not promising anything here…)
> >
> > jb
> >> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:38:37 -0400
> >> From: "Szmant, Alina" <szmanta at uncw.edu
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> >> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Are coral reefs really doomed?
> >> To: John Bruno <jbruno at unc.edu <mailto:jbruno at unc.edu>
> (mailto:jbruno at unc.edu <mailto:jbruno at unc.edu>)>,
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> >> So the question then is, are we anywhere closer to coming to
> global agreements about control of greenhouse gas emissions now
> that we were 11 years ago (2001 Coral-List thread)? I do not think
> that the treaties signed since then indicate any progress. As some
> have already pointed out, the rates of greenhouse emissions have
> increased in past few years, the ice caps and glaciers are melting
> faster than models predicted, more species have gone extinct, etc.
> It's not just coral reefs that are in trouble, many terrestrial
> systems, especially the high latitude ones, are in just as bad a
> situation. I hope the optimistic powers that will make all of this
> reverse and go away start working doubly fast!
> >>
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