"Artificial Reef Made From Pear Trees Proves Effective In Netherlands Test"

#Netherlands #Coral #CoralReef #Environment

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/28/artificial-reef-made-from-pear-trees-proves-effective-in-netherlands-test/

"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.
...
South-eastern Australia is a known climate change hotspot with its waters warming about four times faster than the global average."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/27/south-east-australia-marine-heatwave-forecast-to-be-literally-off-the-scale

#TasmanSea #MarineHeatwave #OceanWarming #CoralReefs #CoralReef #SeaLife #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Climate #Klima #Klimakrise #SST #SeaSurfaceTemperature #Oceans #Ocean #ClimateDiary #Tasmania

"As the toll from Maui’s catastrophic wildfires continues to climb, experts warn the disaster also poses a grave threat to the coral reefs and delicate ocean ecosystems that surround the devastated town of Lahaina."

#Maui #Environment #Coral #CoralReef

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/18/hawaii-fires-environmental-harm-coral-reefs-grasses

Coral reefs are not only beautiful, they're of vast importance to global #biodiversity 🌊
But, intrusive human activity & the #ClimateCrisis have caused their gradual degradation
Discover #MSCA projects promoting #CoralReef restoration worldwide 👇
#SaveOurOcean #HorizonEU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/REA_research/status/1690977656123125760

Race to save #Florida’s #coralreef from hot #ocean waters
#Coral reef nurseries are being moved to deeper waters—or back into giant tanks on land.
Volunteers at Keys Marine Laboratory and at other labs across Florida will hand-feed the tiny creatures to keep them alive until the Florida waters cool again and they can be returned to the ocean and eventually transplanted onto the reef. Normally, #ICARE divers would be transplanting #corals to #FloridaKeys this time of year
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/the-race-to-save-floridas-coral-reef-from-hot-ocean-waters/

Let's talk about the ecological wonderland that is the #GulfofFonseca. #mangroves #islands #premontaneforest #drytropicalforest #gulf #coralreef #mudflats #volcanoes #Honduras #Nicaragua #ElSalvador

"In-water monitoring by AIMS shows hard coral cover across the Great Barrier Reef remains at similar levels to that recorded in 2022, with small decreases in the Northern, Central and Southern regions"

#coralreef #greatbarrierreef
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/997985

In der Klimawissenschaft ist ein Kipppunkt definiert als "eine kritische Schwelle, jenseits derer sich ein System neu organisiert, oft abrupt und/oder irreversibel" (Lenton et al., 2008). Hier sind 10 #Kipppunkte, die für uns zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen haben.

"Einige der im #IPCC-Bericht erörterten abrupten Klimaänderungen und Kipppunkte könnten schwerwiegende lokale Klimareaktionen nach sich ziehen, wie extreme Temperaturen, Dürren, Waldbrände, Verlust der Eisschilde und Zusammenbruch der thermohalinen Zirkulation.

Es gibt Hinweise auf abrupte Veränderungen in der Erdgeschichte, und einige dieser Ereignisse wurden als Kipppunkte interpretiert (Dakos et al., 2008). Einige davon sind mit bedeutenden Veränderungen des globalen Klimas verbunden, wie z. B. die Interglaziale im Quartär (vor 2,5 Millionen Jahren) und die rasche Erwärmung während des thermischen Maximums im Paläozän und Eozän (vor etwa 55,5 Millionen Jahren; Bowen et al., 2015; Hollis et al., 2019).

Solche Ereignisse veränderten das planetare Klima für zehn- bis hunderttausende von Jahren, aber mit einer Geschwindigkeit, die tatsächlich viel langsamer ist als der projizierte anthropogene Klimawandel in diesem Jahrhundert, selbst wenn es keine Kipppunkte gibt" (IPCC, 2021).

#climatescience #tippingpoints #tippingpoint #scientistrebellion #scientistrebelliongermany #climatechange #climatecrisis #forestfires #icesheet #elnino #monsoon #coralreef #permafrost #amazonforest #atlantic #arctic #antarctica #climatesystem.

#UN scientific advisors have recommended #Australia's #GreatBarrierReef NOT be placed on a list of World Heritage sites "in danger" but stressed the planet's biggest #coralreef system remains under "serious threat" from #globalwarming and water #pollution
#Unesco recommends against Great Barrier Reef ‘in danger’ listing but warned more action needed
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/01/climate-crisis-great-barrier-reef-unesco-australia #climatecrisis #climatechange

Reefs, sea life stressed as water temps set records :

Rachel Silverstein, the executive director for Miami Waterkeeper, said pollution leaves the bay fragile, increasing risk when high temperatures threaten to push it “over the brink.”
#biscaynebay #coralbleaching #coralreef #DaniellaLevineCava #DERM #fishkill #FIU #KeyBiscayne #MargaretMiller #MiamiWaterkeeper #NOAA #oxygen #pollution #RachelSilverstei

https://kbindependent.org/2023/07/31/reefs-sea-life-stressed-as-water-temps-set-records/

"A New Study from Penn State Shows Indo-Pacific Corals are More Resilient to Warming Waters"

#Coral #CoralReef #Oceans #Environment

https://happyeconews.com/indo-pacific-coral-more-resilient/

Coral reef fish are not made of coral.

#coralreeffish #coralreef #coral #reef #fish #sealife #animals #facts #QI #notQI

Offshore oil plans in Brazil threaten South America’s largest coral reef

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/offshore-oil-plans-in-brazil-threaten-south-americas-largest-coral-reef/

The Parcel de Manuel Luís coral reef, off the coast of northeastern Brazil, is vital for the survival of 53 species at risk of extinction. Despite vetoes from Brazil’s environmental regulator, the local government seeks to give the go-ahead to oil drilling projects in the Pará-Maranhão basin.

#ecocide #bribery #localgovernment #bigoil #coralreef #threatened #ecosystem #foodchaincollapse #fascism #capitalism #money #life

"Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia – IIT and University of Milan-Bicocca have demonstrated the efficacy of a natural substance in protecting coral from the damage caused by climate change".

#climatechange #coralreef
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/995952

"In a new study, researchers have found that the restoration efforts of the critically endangered species elkhorn coral depend largely on the animal’s location, microbiome, and the right conditions to provide an abundance of food". 

#coralreef #conservation #microbiome #endangered
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/995779

Experts say record heat puts Florida's coral reefs and billions of dollars in fishing and tourism at risk: "climate change-fueled coral disease and bleaching had already eroded 70% of Florida’s coral reefs." @MatthewCappucci https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/us/florida-ocean-heat-coral-bleaching-climate/index.html #climatechange #climate #coralreef

"Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has wreaked havoc on coral reefs across the Caribbean, resulting in significant mortality of various coral species, including Pseudodiploria strigosa, which has been particularly affected in the Mexican Caribbean".

#coralreef #SCTLD #pseudodiploriastrigosa
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/995219

"No part of the planet is free of plastic waste, and coral reefs are no exception, but scientists have now made the discovery that the deeper the reef, the more plastic debris it is likely to have."

#Plastic #Plastics #Environment #Coral #CoralReef

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/12/plastic-pollution-on-coral-reefs-gets-worse-the-deeper-you-go-study-finds

Under the sea. #okinawa #keramaislands #japan #Blue #Nature #Sea #Fish #SeaLife #AnimalWildlife #CoralReef #BodyOfWater #okinawa_photo_community

Under the sea. #okinawa #keramaislands #japan #Blue #Nature #Sea #Fish #SeaLife #AnimalWildlife #CoralReef #BodyOfWater #okinawa_photo_community