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Caribbean coral reefs on verge of collapsing: study
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| 9/10/12
| Ron Recinto | The Lookout
Posted on 09/10/2012 6:40:12 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: Joe 6-pack
now we have the "Reefers" Reefer Madness!
To: NormsRevenge
Yeah, whatever. And how about the Vandenberg and other ships that they sink to make artificial reefs? The fish love them. Not saying we should deliberately destroy the coral, but it’s not as big a crisis as these hair-on-fire boneheads would have us believe.
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posted on
09/10/2012 7:48:18 PM PDT
by
Fast Moving Angel
(A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
To: driftdiver
LOL - Yep, another 10-20 lies every day to hoodwink the clueless.
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posted on
09/10/2012 7:53:48 PM PDT
by
Ron C.
To: NormsRevenge
” - - - rising temperatures resulting from the burning of fossil fuels,” Lundin said.”
Not so. There is no known cause and effect between temperature change and the burning of any fuel. Well, unless you are roasting chestnuts, or something - - - .
Burning fuel releases CO2 which is essential for the CaCO3 in coral skeletons.
BTW, as a true-blue member of famous ‘Coral Reefs Forever Conservatory,’ my question is: “Are we producing enough CO2?”
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posted on
09/10/2012 7:54:49 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
((Traitor John Roberts' Obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
To: NormsRevenge
Vi$it the reef$ before it’$ too late.
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posted on
09/10/2012 7:57:11 PM PDT
by
logitech
(Who's here so vile, that will not love his country? If any speak, for him I have offended)
To: NormsRevenge
Just a little FYI, I have had a 200 gallon coral reef tank in my home for over 10 years. My system runs 82 at night and climbs to 89 degrees by evening when the lights go off. Hard corals like the ones mentioned in the story don't seem to give a darn about the temp swing. Sooo, global warming of 1 or 2 degrees? Big whoop! I will also mention that the faster growing stag corals DO seem to go through a cycle where they can RTN (rapid tissue necrosis) almost overnight and then start growing new corals on top of the old skeleton bases. Maybe thats the way they build up 20 floor reef beds. :p
IMO the article is lying.
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posted on
09/10/2012 8:05:43 PM PDT
by
Casie
To: driftdiver
Oh and redistribution of wealth. Right, the redistribution of wealth right into their own pockets.
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posted on
09/10/2012 8:11:15 PM PDT
by
Bellflower
(The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
To: driftdiver
Nonsense!
This is all about.....
Finding NEMO!
(need I say it.../Sarc)
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posted on
09/10/2012 9:19:48 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: gotribe
except that corals are animals, not plants ;)
To: gotribe
except that corals are animals, not plants ;)
To: Andrei Bulba
Coral reefs are not fragile as anyone who has raised corals in their fish tank can attest. It takes a particularly poisonous soup to kill coral.
The Caribbean reef is larger than the Great Barrier Reef. It encompasses its entire body of shallow water including all of Mexico, South America and the thousands of islands at its mouth.
Like many others, I have dived many of these littoral regions. While some of Florida’s reef is dead the rest is thriving. The article is pure bunk with no basis in fact.
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posted on
09/10/2012 10:13:25 PM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(Better the devil we can destroy than the Judas we must tolerate.)
To: NormsRevenge
Global warming is a big factor with coral reefs, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration points out, as more bleaching and infections break out when temperatures rise. And the exact same thing can be said about global cooling.
Also more carbon dioxide in the air alters the chemistry of the oceans
Only in lagoons with a few feet of water.
and slight changes in acidity could alter the growth rates of coral.
Yes. They can slow or increase their growth rates based on the acidity/alkalinity of seawater.
In other words, they have said nothing.
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