New report of major coral bleaching near Aus

[monty]

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsa..._RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-CORAL-BLEACHING.xml

sigh.

 

[sorseress]

Horrible news.

 

[chrono_war01]

The state of the ocean worries me.

 

[monty]

well, at least some people are taking this stuff seriously...

Maybe it'll cheer you up that at least some folks are concerned and pushing for action:

http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsA...S-ENVIRONMENT-OCEANS.xml&pageNumber=0&summit=

 

[sorseress]

Thanks for posting that link, Monty. There's so much bad news on the environmental front, that it's really nice to read something a little bit encouraging.

 

[monty]

and, back to the bad news on the coral front...

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsa...L15135977_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-CORALS.xml

 

[Animal JoBio]

this=sick we must save our oceans!

 

[monty]

Anthropogenic mass extinction

Not sure if this is bluster or science, but it's still rather depressing...

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsa...719283_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-DIVERSITY.xml

 

[sorseress]

Not at all surprising, unfortunately.

 

[monty]

caribbean reef damage, sad for our sepioteuthis friends...

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsa..._N10355395_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-REEFS.xml

 

[sorseress]

Here's yet another report, this one including info on cool water corals.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=32843