In a press conference, #PhilippineCoastGuard presented satellite images of #CoralReefs surrounding Scarborough Shoal. Reefs appeared badly scarred, which the PCG said were caused by #Chinese fishermen searching for giant clams.
So, gentle suggestions to modify consumer-side transportation behavior isn't working...
"Help preserve these natural barriers by biking, carpooling, or taking public transit to reduce carbon emissions, which raise water temperature to a harmful level."
Targeted culling of crown-of-thorns starfish has resulted in parts of the Great Barrier Reef maintaining and even increasing coral cover, leading researchers to call for the programme to be dramatically scaled up
”What we need to face up to is that no amount of tinkering with #corals—attempting to make so-called #SuperCorals—is going to save the world’s coral reefs,” she said. “The #EnergyTransition is our best chance of saving #CoralReefs. And as coral scientists we need to start being honest brokers about this fact.”
Australia's Great Barrier Reef hit by record bleaching
> Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst #bleaching event on record, the country's reef authority reported on Wednesday (Apr 17).
"IT’S past time to tell the truth about the state of the world’s #CoralReefs, the nurseries of tropical coastal #fish stocks. They have become #ZombieEcosystems, neither dead nor truly alive in any functional sense, and 👉on a trajectory to collapse within a human generation.👈 There will be remnants here and there, but the global coral reef ecosystem.."
“It's getting harder and harder to write these stories about #coralreefs and I don't really know what to do. It distresses me and I feel powerless to stop the dying.“
On a starry night, four Thai marine biologists scuba dived through shallow waters off an island in the country's south as billions of pink specks floated up from the ocean floor in a spectacle that takes place only once a year. The pink specks were sperm and eggs released by coral. The scientists collected as many samples as...
@HLBurdett &co advocate for prioritizing #environmental and #climate considerations to increase the sustainability of future #CoralReefs and open up opportunities for new restoration approaches.
I didn't know you could "join" the crochet coral reef. I've made some tiny little crochet reefs, maybe I can contribute.
Oh, and I highly recommend the various books in this area -- A Field Guide to Hyperbolic space, Yackel and belcastro's stuff like Figuring Fibers and the like.
"Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms.
The #TippingPoints at risk include the collapse of big #IceSheets in Greenland and the West Antarctic, the widespread thawing of #permafrost, the death of #CoralReefs in warm waters, and the collapse of one oceanic current in the North Atlantic."
Reflections Underwater
A Multidisciplinary Exploration of Coral Reef Wonders
Why are we as humans so attracted to water and to colorful reefs? Indeed, why are reefs so dazzling? How did cleaning station symbiosis evolve? How come there are so many extraordinary defense mechanisms among reef animals? Do the denizens of reefs have consciousness? How did warning coloration evolve?
"SINGAPORE: A new reef restoration initiative to plant 100,000 corals in Singapore’s waters is “an ambitious project” that the country has taken towards marine conservation, said coral reef biologist Karenne Tun.
The corals will be progressively planted and grown in the nation’s waters from 2024 to bolster biodiversity and improve the resilience of coral communities and reefs."
"South-east #Australia#marine#heatwave forecast to be literally off the scale - Patch of Tasman sea expected to warm over spring and summer to temperatures that risk significant losses to sea life
Australia’s south-east could be in for a marine heatwave that is literally off the scale, raising the prospect of significant losses in fishing and aquaculture.
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a patch of the Tasman Sea off Tasmania and Victoria could be at least 2.5C above average from September to February, and it could get hotter.
Oceanographer Grant Smith said the colour-coded scale the bureau uses to map forecast sea surface temperature anomalies stops at 2.5C. “We didn’t account for anomalies that high when we developed this ... it could be 3C, it could be 3.5C, but we can’t see how high it goes,” he said.
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South-eastern Australia is a known climate change hotspot with its waters warming about four times faster than the global average."
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
We don’t get to hear a lot about marine heat waves and how they affect ecosystem function.
Right now, as tourists enjoy the bathing season, the Mediterranean Sea is on its way to reaching highest temperature ever recorded. #marineheatwaves#climatechange
@TatianaIlyina
when we lose coral reefs from heat, we lose so much of the ability to clean our air, huge biodiversity and much of our food sources, and half of the world's oxygen.
I don't think people understand what coral reefs do for the environment. People think of trees as air cleaners, but with so little space taken, coral reefs do so much for the earth.
WUSF Public Media - WUSF 89.7 | By Associated Press
Published July 11, 2023 at 10:28 AM EDT
"Record #global ocean heating has invaded Florida with a vengeance.
"Water temperatures in the mid-90s (mid-30s Celsius) are threatening delicate coral reefs, depriving swimmers of cooling dips and adding a bit more ick to the Sunshine State's already oppressive summer weather. Forecasters are warning of temperatures that with humidity will feel like 110 degrees (43 degrees Celsius) by week's end.
"The #HeatDome that baked #Texas and #Mexico for much of the early summer has oozed its way to Florida with sunshine, little to no cooling clouds or rain, but humidity worsened by the hot oceans.
"If that's not enough, Florida is about to get a dose of #dust from Africa's #Saharan desert that's likely to hurt air quality."
Culling predatory starfish conserves coral on the Great Barrier Reef (www.newscientist.com)
Targeted culling of crown-of-thorns starfish has resulted in parts of the Great Barrier Reef maintaining and even increasing coral cover, leading researchers to call for the programme to be dramatically scaled up
Thai scientists breed coral in labs to restore degraded reefs (www.reuters.com)
On a starry night, four Thai marine biologists scuba dived through shallow waters off an island in the country's south as billions of pink specks floated up from the ocean floor in a spectacle that takes place only once a year. The pink specks were sperm and eggs released by coral. The scientists collected as many samples as...