Posted on 03/15/2017 12:27:24 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Reducing pollution and curbing overfishing won't prevent the severe bleaching that is killing coral at catastrophic rates, according to a study of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In the end, researchers say, the only way to save the world's coral from heat-induced bleaching is with a war on global warming.
"We don't have any tools to climate-proof corals," said Terry Hughes, director of the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies in Australia. "That's a bit sobering. We can't stop bleaching locally. We actually have to do something about climate change."
Across the world, scores of brilliantly colored coral reefs once teeming with life have in recent years become desolate, white graveyards. Their deaths due to coral bleaching have grown more frequent as ocean temperatures rise, mainly due to increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Ultimately, the study concluded, saving reefs from the ravages of bleaching requires urgent action to reduce global warming.
"I think it's a wake-up call," Hughes said.
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what a load of crud..does anyone believe man has the capability of stopping global warming? even if it was true?
hell man can’t do anything right...jeeeez
Coral reefs are screwed then.
There will never be any coral reefs again. Ever, ever, ever.
It,’s not like you can even see it without a lot of gear.
FWIW, this map IS from NOAA...but it sure looks like we’ve got PLENTY of reefs to go around!
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/media/coralreefmap.jpg
(((YAWN))) abc snooze.
Let’s suppose for a moment that the earth’s temperature changes over time.
How has coral survived this far when we know that the earth has had warmer periods?
Doesn’t evolution help with pesky things like changing environments?
It is amazing how driven these people are by their world view
[[what a load of crud..does anyone believe man has the capability of stopping global warming?]]
Yes, IF we can just get the atmospheric CO2 levels by man from 0.001356% down all the way to 0.00135% through massive poverty inducing fines and taxes, then the planet will be saved /s
Governments need to put coolers with thermostats on all the coral reefs.
well said..
Same with polar bears.
I’ve never seen a polar bear outside of a picture.
May as well be a dinosaur.
I thought Gore said that the Great Barrier Reef disappeared 20 years ago.
They should put these species in a zoo or aquarium and let us humans go about our business.
Yes. We must build a device that will control the Sun!
Fake news.
IIRC, not too long ago they found a massive display of coral reefs. I have a feeling they are a die out....and come back in a few years type. A kind of self evolution.
We must save te coral reefs so we can tour them underwater on our expensive vacation trips and you need to pay to fix the problem! Wahhhh!
All they would do is move to colder waters.
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