[Coral-List] GBR bleachinig, coral larvae in hot water, plastic & coral disease
Douglas Fenner
douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Tue Apr 7 22:03:40 UTC 2020
Great Barrier Reef suffers its most widespread mass bleaching event on
record
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/04/06/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching/?fbclid=IwAR0GCpjAaEuQOv-NbYDKlED1q4x53qW77_lDDicaUphIVTbUFd3DiMoNCIE
Rescuing the Great Barrier Reef: how much can be saved, and how can we do
it?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/05/rescuing-the-great-barrier-reef-how-much-can-be-saved-and-how-can-we-do-it?fbclid=IwAR0aEy1UZTIslcC1sdJp64JS0vdN9r-6MDwLuewFaAjXXntp2tlcLO-ZUc0
Uncoupling temperature-dependent mortality from lipid depletion for
scleractinian coral larvae. Coral Reefs 2017, 36: 97-
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-016-1501-5
Algal symbionts increase oxidative damage and death in coral larvae at high
temperatures. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2009, 378: 105-
https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m378p105.pdf
open-access
Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs
Science 2018, 359: 460-
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6374/460
open-access
Cheers, Doug
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Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 USA
"Already, more people die <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml>from
heat-related causes in the U.S. than from all other extreme weather events."
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/624643780/phoenix-tries-to-reverse-its-silent-storm-of-heat-deaths
Even 50-year old climate models correctly predicted global warmng
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/even-50-year-old-climate-models-correctly-predicted-global-warming?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2019-12-06&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=3113276
"Global warming is manifestly the foremost current threat to coral reefs,
and must be addressed by the global community if reefs as we know them will
have any chance to persist." Williams et al, 2019, Frontiers in Marine
Science
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