A comprehensive multi-year project challenges previous findings Norwegian University of Science and Technology A three-year, comprehensive study of the effects of ocean acidification challenges previous reports that a more acidic…
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Marvelously Resilient Coral
Guest post by Jim Steele Published October 2, 2019 in California’s Battle Born Media newspapers – the Pacifica Tribune, the Novato Advance, the Sausalito Marin Scope, the Mill Valley Herald,…
Extreme mangrove corals found on the Great Barrier Reef
The first documented discovery of ‘extreme corals’ in mangrove lagoons around Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is yielding important information about how corals deal with environmental stress University of Technology Sydney…
What’s really killing the Coral Reefs?
From ScienceAlert! There’s Another Thing Killing The Coral Reefs, And We Can Actually Fix This Problem CARLY CASSELLA 17 JUL 2019 Coral reefs are one of the most threatened ecosystems…
More Evidence for Rapid Coral Adaptation
By Jim Steele Good news continues to accumulate regards corals’ ability to rapidly adjust to changing climates. The view of coral resilience has been dominated by the narrative of a…
Coral Adaptation and Epigenetics
By Rud Istvan WUWT has posted several excellent articles by Jim Steele on how global warming alarmism uses corals as the poster child for warming and acidifying oceans, none of…
New Study Shows Some Corals Might Adapt to Climate Changes
UM Rosenstiel School-led study exposes two threatened corals to future climate change conditions MIAMI—New research shows that not all corals respond the same to changes in climate. The University of…
Inconvenient: Study says corals adapting fast enough to withstand another century of climate change
Heat-tolerant genes may spread through coral populations fast enough to give the marine creatures a tool to survive another 100 years of warming in our oceans. Coral reefs are facing…
Coral Reefs, Temperature and Ocean pH
By Andy May Georgiou, et al. 2015 have reported that coral reefs in the Australian Great Barrier Reef, near Heron Island, are insensitive to ocean pH changes. The location of…
Aussie Coral Reef Rises from the Dead
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – the Australian ABC reports scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science are surprised how rapidly the Australian Great Barrier Reef is…
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies asks ridiculous question: 'Can corals survive climate change?'
And the answer is, Yes. In fact, they’ve already survived millions of years of climate change. Age of corals since they first appeared on Earth: Corals are 500 million years old,…
Study: some coral reefs are adapting to 'climate change' just fine
WCS coral expert finds that some reefs were less sensitive to warming water over time NEW YORK (May 2, 2017) – A new WCS study reveals evidence that some corals…
Over the top: the sad case of Tripp Funderburk & the Coral Restoration Foundation International
Sometimes, people just go “over the top”. That’s a nice way of putting what happened to Tripp Funderburk when he got too wrapped up in blind disagreement over a story…
Falling Sea Level: The Critical Factor in 2016 Great Barrier Reef Bleaching!
Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism It is puzzling…
Study: 99% of Coral Will Bleach Every Year Within a Century
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Coral survived the Cretaceous / Paleogene extinction event which wiped out the dinosaurs, when a 6 mile wide Asteroid crashed into the Gulf of Mexico…
How Gaia and Coral Reefs Regulate Ocean pH
Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism Although some researchers…
Great Barrier Reef bleaching study; Karoly et al (April 2016), Part A.
Guest essay by Bob Fernley-Jones Background: This headline image is for a publically released article (the article) in the Australian university-partnered blog The Conversation in which ‘the study’ cited therein…
More Evidence of Coral Reef Resilience!
Earlier today, WUWT carried a story about a coral reef that was presumed dead in 2003, is now teeming with life. Jim Steele adds to this below. – Anthony Guest…
Inconvenient: Giant Coral Reef That ‘Died’ In 2003 Teeming With Life Again
From the “global warming and ocean acidification will kill everything, forever” and the “nature always finds a way” department comes this inconvenient truth. Back From The Dead: Giant Coral Reef That…
A Response to ABC’s Media Watch’s “Shoot the Coral Messenger” Flimflam!
Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism Great Barrier Reef…
Hoegh-Guldberg’s Coral Sophistry Triggers Sagan’s Science Baloney Alert!
Guest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism Recently The Australian…
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