Possible southern reef closure

[Scuba_88]

The reef safe sunscreen should have been the rule anyway.

 

[BRT]

Rightfully so if it really does any of those things.

No, just no.

 

[Ron Lee]

Don, feel free to make any changes you feel are needed but don't force changes on me to fix the fraud of climate change which has been around since at least the 1970s.

One example is the push to ban plastic straws, plastic bags, etc because a turtle was found trying to snort algae off of coral using a straw. Look at this video and you will see that it is most likely third world countries causing the problem...not me at home or in Cozumel:

Liveleak.com - This is a river in Santo Domingo, DR. First rain after a long drought. All this will end up in the Ocean.

If people in Cozumel are using the frauds of climate change etc to justify the reef closures, they need to be removed from the discussion.

 

[DandyDon]

the fraud of climate change

Overwhelming scientific evidence has been widely presented that man-made climate change is a major problem for the world, but some are going to hopelessly live in their fantasy world. Logic and reason are totally lost on those.

One example is the push to ban plastic straws, plastic bags, etc because a turtle was found trying to snort algae off of coral using a straw. Look at this video and you will see that it is most likely third world countries causing the problem.

True, third world countries are the major contributors to that problem. However, that does not excuse any country. All should ban those, and being among the first would be great.

And your turtle example fails. Plenty of animals have been killed by plastic pollution. I won't bother listing examples as I doubt you'd accept those facts either.

 

[DFDubb]

And who says Americans are entitled?

 

[Scuba_88]

This sounds like the dive community was not involved in making the sausage. Interesting if that is factual.

I also read a lot of comments that continue the unproven claims of climate change, rising sea temperatures, etc.

I see on a local website: "Water temp: 81F." That sounds about normal for this time of year.

Maybe I'm missing something but it has been proven that the sea temperatures are rising. Yes, the sea temperature should be around 81F but the problem is it only takes a degree change in water temperatures to cause a bleaching effect on corral. The reefs are very fragile organisms.

"Corals bleach for a number of reasons (and scientists are studying coral bleaching to better understand what causes it) but one of the main triggers is unusually warm seawater. Corals are very sensitive to changes in temperature. Water that warms only one degree Celsius can cause corals to bleach. The ocean is warming as climate changes, and, thus, the amount of bleached corals is expected to become more pronounced."
Corals and Climate | UCAR Center for Science Education

Annual global sea surface temperature anomalies from 1880 to 2015 with superimposed linear trend (Base period 1951–1980), red positive, blue negative. From: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/global/globe/ocean/ytd/12/1880-2016.

 

[Scuba_88]

Don, feel free to make any changes you feel are needed but don't force changes on me to fix the fraud of climate change which has been around since at least the 1970s.

And that is precisely why these reefs WILL die. Too many people have this same mindset that climate change is a fraud.

 

[Ron Lee]

Overwhelming scientific evidence has been widely presented that man-made climate change is a major problem for the world, but some are going to hopelessly live in their fantasy world. Logic and reason are totally lost on those.


True, third world countries are the major contributors to that problem. However, that does not excuse any country. All should ban those, and being among the first would be great.

And your turtle example fails. Plenty of animals have been killed by plastic pollution. I won't bother listing examples as I doubt you'd accept those facts either.

Don, when you quit driving a gasoline vehicle, stop flying on airplanes, using products derived from fossil fuels, use natural gas or propane, electricity produced from fossil fuels, etc. you may be immune of calls of being a hypocrite. Your position on this issue still should never be used to impact my life. Make your life style changes and leave me alone.

As for your "scientific evidence" it was shown years ago that people fudged data and shall we go back to other claims of the scientific community that were hoaxes like the egg scare from decades ago.

 

[ChrisM]

Well if nothing else as we wait for news, this is certainly enlightening.

 

[Asteve]

For 60 years, I have been told I need to do this and do that so we can put more people on this blue ball. I think the blue ball is going to take care of itself.