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Nearly Half of Coral Reefs in Peril
By The Associated Press

posted: 25 October 2005
12:26 pm ET


BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Nearly half of the world's coral reefs may be
lost in the next 40 years unless urgent measures are taken to protect
them against the threat of climate change, according to a new report
released Tuesday by the World Conservation Union.
The Swiss-based organization called for the establishment of additional
marine protected areas to prevent further degradation by making corals
more robust and helping them resist bleaching.

"Twenty percent of the earth's coral reefs, arguably the richest of all
marine ecosystems, have been effectively destroyed today,'' said Carl
Gustaf Lundin, head of the agency's marine environment program who
helped write the report "Coral Reef Resilience and Resistance to
Bleaching.''

"Another 30 percent will become seriously depleted if no action is
taken within the next 20-40 years, with climate change being a major
factor for their loss,'' he said in a statement.

Coral bleaching is caused by increased surface temperatures in the high
seas and higher levels of sunlight caused by climate change. As
temperatures rise, the algae on which corals depend for food and color
die out, causing the coral to whiten, or "bleach.''

Prolonged bleaching conditions over ten weeks can eventually lead to
the death of the coral.

"Current predictions are that massive coral bleaching will become a
regular event over the next 50 years,'' Lundin said.

In its report, the organization said that marine parks reduce the
stress on coral reef ecosystems by reducing the impact of pollution and
overfishing.

The report also recommends a strategy for the establishment of a global
marine park network in the face of climate change, covering all
important marine ecosystems including coral reefs.

Other key strategies to enable coral reefs to be more resilient to
bleaching are sustainable fisheries management and integrated coastal
management, the report found.

"Destructive fishing practices such as blast or poison fishing can make
coral reef more vulnerable to bleaching,'' said The Nature
Conservancy's Rod Salm in a statement. "It can decrease coral cover or
deplete fish populations that are important for the coral reef
ecosystem.

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I can't wait to hear the Christian reasons for coral bleaching.


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I can't wait to hear the Christian reasons for coral bleaching.


Yep, it'll come soon enough. Got to wait just long enough for the lock
stepping right wingers to show up.

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Doug Kanter wrote:
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This can't be. BushCo and the right wing lemmings say it isn't so!


I can't wait to hear the Christian reasons for coral bleaching.


Yep, it'll come soon enough. Got to wait just long enough for the lock
stepping right wingers to show up.


And God said "Children scrapeth their knees upon the coral. I shall smite
it. It doth not do much anyway".


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This can't be. BushCo and the right wing lemmings say it isn't so!

Nearly Half of Coral Reefs in Peril
By The Associated Press

posted: 25 October 2005
12:26 pm ET


BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Nearly half of the world's coral reefs may be
lost in the next 40 years unless urgent measures are taken to protect
them against the threat of climate change, according to a new report
released Tuesday by the World Conservation Union.
The Swiss-based organization called for the establishment of additional
marine protected areas to prevent further degradation by making corals
more robust and helping them resist bleaching.

"Twenty percent of the earth's coral reefs, arguably the richest of all
marine ecosystems, have been effectively destroyed today,'' said Carl
Gustaf Lundin, head of the agency's marine environment program who
helped write the report "Coral Reef Resilience and Resistance to
Bleaching.''

"Another 30 percent will become seriously depleted if no action is
taken within the next 20-40 years, with climate change being a major
factor for their loss,'' he said in a statement.

Coral bleaching is caused by increased surface temperatures in the high
seas and higher levels of sunlight caused by climate change. As
temperatures rise, the algae on which corals depend for food and color
die out, causing the coral to whiten, or "bleach.''

Prolonged bleaching conditions over ten weeks can eventually lead to
the death of the coral.

"Current predictions are that massive coral bleaching will become a
regular event over the next 50 years,'' Lundin said.

In its report, the organization said that marine parks reduce the
stress on coral reef ecosystems by reducing the impact of pollution and
overfishing.

The report also recommends a strategy for the establishment of a global
marine park network in the face of climate change, covering all
important marine ecosystems including coral reefs.

Other key strategies to enable coral reefs to be more resilient to
bleaching are sustainable fisheries management and integrated coastal
management, the report found.

"Destructive fishing practices such as blast or poison fishing can make
coral reef more vulnerable to bleaching,'' said The Nature
Conservancy's Rod Salm in a statement. "It can decrease coral cover or
deplete fish populations that are important for the coral reef
ecosystem.


If one area of the ocean becomes too warm to support coral life, then that
means that another area a little further away from the equator has
temperatures that better support coral life. Maybe the Key's coral reefs
will relocate to a more hospitable environment up by Harry. And maybe the
mollusks will follow...because God knows that they need a lot of mollusks up
that way to filter all the verbal feces coming out of his region.





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NOYB wrote:
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This can't be. BushCo and the right wing lemmings say it isn't so!

Nearly Half of Coral Reefs in Peril
By The Associated Press

posted: 25 October 2005
12:26 pm ET


BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Nearly half of the world's coral reefs may be
lost in the next 40 years unless urgent measures are taken to protect
them against the threat of climate change, according to a new report
released Tuesday by the World Conservation Union.
The Swiss-based organization called for the establishment of additional
marine protected areas to prevent further degradation by making corals
more robust and helping them resist bleaching.

"Twenty percent of the earth's coral reefs, arguably the richest of all
marine ecosystems, have been effectively destroyed today,'' said Carl
Gustaf Lundin, head of the agency's marine environment program who
helped write the report "Coral Reef Resilience and Resistance to
Bleaching.''

"Another 30 percent will become seriously depleted if no action is
taken within the next 20-40 years, with climate change being a major
factor for their loss,'' he said in a statement.

Coral bleaching is caused by increased surface temperatures in the high
seas and higher levels of sunlight caused by climate change. As
temperatures rise, the algae on which corals depend for food and color
die out, causing the coral to whiten, or "bleach.''

Prolonged bleaching conditions over ten weeks can eventually lead to
the death of the coral.

"Current predictions are that massive coral bleaching will become a
regular event over the next 50 years,'' Lundin said.

In its report, the organization said that marine parks reduce the
stress on coral reef ecosystems by reducing the impact of pollution and
overfishing.

The report also recommends a strategy for the establishment of a global
marine park network in the face of climate change, covering all
important marine ecosystems including coral reefs.

Other key strategies to enable coral reefs to be more resilient to
bleaching are sustainable fisheries management and integrated coastal
management, the report found.

"Destructive fishing practices such as blast or poison fishing can make
coral reef more vulnerable to bleaching,'' said The Nature
Conservancy's Rod Salm in a statement. "It can decrease coral cover or
deplete fish populations that are important for the coral reef
ecosystem.


If one area of the ocean becomes too warm to support coral life, then that
means that another area a little further away from the equator has
temperatures that better support coral life. Maybe the Key's coral reefs
will relocate to a more hospitable environment up by Harry. And maybe the
mollusks will follow...because God knows that they need a lot of mollusks up
that way to filter all the verbal feces coming out of his region.


Key word: "maybe". There are many factors besides temperature.

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Nearly Half of Coral Reefs in Peril
By The Associated Press

posted: 25 October 2005
12:26 pm ET


BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Nearly half of the world's coral reefs may be
lost in the next 40 years unless urgent measures are taken to protect
them against the threat of climate change, according to a new report
released Tuesday by the World Conservation Union.
The Swiss-based organization called for the establishment of additional
marine protected areas to prevent further degradation by making corals
more robust and helping them resist bleaching.

"Twenty percent of the earth's coral reefs, arguably the richest of all
marine ecosystems, have been effectively destroyed today,'' said Carl
Gustaf Lundin, head of the agency's marine environment program who
helped write the report "Coral Reef Resilience and Resistance to
Bleaching.''

"Another 30 percent will become seriously depleted if no action is
taken within the next 20-40 years, with climate change being a major
factor for their loss,'' he said in a statement.

Coral bleaching is caused by increased surface temperatures in the high
seas and higher levels of sunlight caused by climate change. As
temperatures rise, the algae on which corals depend for food and color
die out, causing the coral to whiten, or "bleach.''

Prolonged bleaching conditions over ten weeks can eventually lead to
the death of the coral.

"Current predictions are that massive coral bleaching will become a
regular event over the next 50 years,'' Lundin said.

In its report, the organization said that marine parks reduce the
stress on coral reef ecosystems by reducing the impact of pollution and
overfishing.

The report also recommends a strategy for the establishment of a global
marine park network in the face of climate change, covering all
important marine ecosystems including coral reefs.

Other key strategies to enable coral reefs to be more resilient to
bleaching are sustainable fisheries management and integrated coastal
management, the report found.

"Destructive fishing practices such as blast or poison fishing can make
coral reef more vulnerable to bleaching,'' said The Nature
Conservancy's Rod Salm in a statement. "It can decrease coral cover or
deplete fish populations that are important for the coral reef
ecosystem.


If one area of the ocean becomes too warm to support coral life, then that
means that another area a little further away from the equator has
temperatures that better support coral life. Maybe the Key's coral reefs
will relocate to a more hospitable environment up by Harry. And maybe the
mollusks will follow...because God knows that they need a lot of mollusks

up
that way to filter all the verbal feces coming out of his region.


And meanwhile, Kevin is running around in his tin foil hat screaming the
sky is falling.







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And meanwhile, Kevin is running around in his tin foil hat screaming the
sky is falling.


I assume you have information indicating that the science behind this is all
wrong. Coral are not being affected as described. Your information sounds
interesting. Got links?


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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"P Fritz" wrote in message
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And meanwhile, Kevin is running around in his tin foil hat screaming the
sky is falling.


I assume you have information indicating that the science behind this is
all wrong. Coral are not being affected as described. Your information
sounds interesting. Got links?

No, coral reefs have been dying, some from predators because man has eaten
or collected the king conch which is a predator of the starfish which eats
the coral and some from climate, particularly near the equator. Coral is
very fragile and lives in a very small temperature range - depth. As temps
increase it will move north of the equator provided there is a shallow
enough location for it to flourish.

The major problem at this time, especially in the great barrier reefs is the
Starfish.


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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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And meanwhile, Kevin is running around in his tin foil hat screaming
the
sky is falling.


I assume you have information indicating that the science behind this is
all wrong. Coral are not being affected as described. Your information
sounds interesting. Got links?

No, coral reefs have been dying, some from predators because man has eaten
or collected the king conch which is a predator of the starfish which eats
the coral and some from climate, particularly near the equator. Coral is
very fragile and lives in a very small temperature range - depth. As
temps increase it will move north of the equator provided there is a
shallow enough location for it to flourish.

The major problem at this time, especially in the great barrier reefs is
the Starfish.



Starfish? I wonder if the scientists mentioned in the article are aware of
that. (pardon my sarcasm)


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