Posted on 12/06/2022 12:48:32 PM PST by frogjerk
Corals are truly a gift from Mother Nature. They are made by living marine organisms, mature slowly over decades into beautiful reef structures and are some of the most biologically rich and economically valuable ecosystems on Earth.
Unfortunately, global climate change, unsustainable fishing, and pollution threaten corals and they are dying off at alarming rates around the world. Yet coral continues to be harvested for costume jewelry, souvenirs and home decor — especially during the holidays — which only further contributes to their decline. That's why it's best to leave corals and other marine life on the reef where they can be enjoyed by everyone.
Remember: Corals in their natural reef habitat are already a gift for us to enjoy. Don't give them as presents.
Happy holidays to all!
This reads like it’s written by some neocommunist lackey at The LA Times... but it’s from our (Marxist/Maoist advocacy) government.
Clowns who want us to trust trust their clown AGW data.
After reading that, I am on the hunt for some coral jewelry for my wife, two daughters and the sorta kinda effeminate son-in-law.
I wonder what percentage of the world’s coral is “harvested for costume jewelry, souvenirs and home decor”. Can’t be that much.
Climate Communists never sleep.
Everyone who has the time and money to go diving on coral reefs, that is.
I’m so old I remember when NOAA was very scientific and not run by the whims some millenial social media female.
NTSA
I have been hearing the coral reefs are all going to die every year for the past 40 years. But THIS time they REALLY mean it.
LOL! If it helps, the same sort of long-term boyfriend of my sister actually volunteered to me he is no longer a liberal, can't stand them, apologized for having voted that way, and is strongly conservative, now. He worked with too many like him and never saw good things from the politicians he had voted for.
The change can happen, but it takes many years. To be fair, my sister probably wore off on him.
There’s a lot of jewelry made from it, and I think places that sell seashell specimens have coral, too.
Any article that includes the phrase “global climate change” shows the writer is brain dead or brainwashed or both.
OMG! Thery omitted Festivus? How utterly gauche!
Doesn’t coral keep GROWING?
Like everything else that lives, I guess it depends on what’s happening in the critter’s environment.
There appear to be a number of threats - not all attributed to ‘climate change’:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral#Threats
Disinformation on a massive scale.
You are making assumptions. There is nothing wrong with hanging a portrait of Admiral Levine in one’s bedroom.
Coral: The gift you don't want to give, or getTell that to Captain Cook!
Yes, but how many tons of coral gets used for that out of how many tons of coral on Earth?
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