Global bleaching ratchets up . . .
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There was also a similar article in the New York Times today.
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"All the coral scientists BBC News spoke to said that we must accept that reefs as we know them will permanently change and small-scale restoration work cannot save coral globally."
Between May and September last year, the beautiful reefs of the Jardines de la Reina south of Cuba were devastated by bleaching and, presumably, SCTLD (although the locals insist there is none, we saw, in January, what we thought was clear evidence of it). Between May last year and now, the beloved hard corals of Bonaire took a body-blow from SCTLD, and also experienced significant bleaching (which, ironically, slows the SCTLD). Neither Cuba's nor Bonaire's reefs are "dead," whatever that would be, but they are tragically diminished.
We're trundling our preposterous carbon footprint out to North Sulewesi in a couple of days, and NOAA's Bleaching Heat Stress predictions indicate that conditions are good now; so I happily charge batteries and grease o-rings with visions of All The Things dancing in my head. But Level 2 bleaching is expected by mid-summer. NOAA doesn't have a Level 3, so that's bad; but at least there's no SCTLD in Indonesia. Let it always be thus.
Between May and September last year, the beautiful reefs of the Jardines de la Reina south of Cuba were devastated by bleaching and, presumably, SCTLD (although the locals insist there is none, we saw, in January, what we thought was clear evidence of it). Between May last year and now, the beloved hard corals of Bonaire took a body-blow from SCTLD, and also experienced significant bleaching (which, ironically, slows the SCTLD). Neither Cuba's nor Bonaire's reefs are "dead," whatever that would be, but they are tragically diminished.
We're trundling our preposterous carbon footprint out to North Sulewesi in a couple of days, and NOAA's Bleaching Heat Stress predictions indicate that conditions are good now; so I happily charge batteries and grease o-rings with visions of All The Things dancing in my head. But Level 2 bleaching is expected by mid-summer. NOAA doesn't have a Level 3, so that's bad; but at least there's no SCTLD in Indonesia. Let it always be thus.
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