Comments on: A solemn warning on coral reefs

By: The cost of losing coral: no drop in the ocean — Hot Topic

The cost of losing coral: no drop in the ocean — Hot Topic — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:44:37 +0000

[...] issues two and three another time, but for this post I’ll stay with coral reefs. Hot Topic covered John Veron’s lecture to the Royal Society a couple of months ago on the parlous state of coral [...]

By: Saying Goodbye to Flying « Stop Flying

Saying Goodbye to Flying « Stop Flying — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:12:25 +0000

[...] http://hot-topic.co.nz/a-solem.....ral-reefs/ http://bravenewclimate.com/200.....-clunkers/ [...]

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:26:07 +0000

I had first heard about acidification via a Scientific American article a few months back. Climateprogress has touched on it here

By: R2D2

R2D2 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:50:56 +0000

Well I haven’t read this article and I don’t know anything about ocean acidification, so I can’t do any better sorry.

I know ocean acidification is related to global warming, in that it is claimed both are caused by carbon dioxide emissions. However, this link does not mean I have to accept both theories or neither. Without knowing more I can not comment. Sorry.

By: georgedarroch

georgedarroch — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:13:13 +0000

I think losing the world’s coral is a cheap price compared to riding the bus. Having to share the world with other human beings? Perish the thought!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:20:56 +0000

In some ways coral reefs aren't even the scariest aspect of ocean acidification. This animation shows carbonate saturation for polar seas with increasing CO2 concentration. Values of zero or higher will kill anything that relies on having a shell or a carbonate skeleton: probably about 90% of the food chain in those waters, with flow-on effects into warmer seas.

By: CTG

CTG — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:34:42 +0000

So how do the hordes of denial explain this then?

“Ocean acidification is caused by the contrails from Al Gore’s private jet”

“Mass extinctions are good for the planet, because they refresh the gene pool”

“It’s the sun”

“Greenpeace are deliberately poisoning the corals as part of their plot for world communist government”

Let’s see if you can do better, R2.

By: Le Chat Noir

Le Chat Noir — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:44:11 +0000

Excellent summary Bryan. Further to the idea that coral reefs are nature’s historians, CSIRO's Ron Thresher discusses how deep-ocean corals store information about climate and ocean currents on RNZ Our Changing World

By: Bad news comes in threes « Less than 2 Degrees

Bad news comes in threes « Less than 2 Degrees — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:19:55 +0000

[...] Row?” and the contents make it clear that its considerably worse than that! There is synopsis here, and I extract a few quotes (my [...]