A Sobering Report on Reefs
To continue the coral reef theme of my earlier post, the AP published a story yesterday about a NOAA report documenting the decline of U.S. coral reefs, almost half of which are in poor or fair condition, mostly because of rising ocean temperatures. Oceana's very own Dave Allison, a senior campaign director, gets the kicker quote at the end, saying the entire world's coral reefs "border on disaster."
He continues:
"All the world's coral reefs are being stressed by both short-term and long-term human impacts," Allison said. "We've known about the human impact on corals for decades. It's just that the combination of problems confronting the corals have never come together in such a perfect storm."
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First, we need to protect our coral reefs from pollution. It is disgusting that our oceans have been used as garbage dumps. Conservation of our environment should be our primary concern. It is man's lack of respect for the oceans that has caused the the problems. We can - and should - enact stiff laws to prevent this - plus educate the public so that they change their ways. When I was in Germany in the early 1980's, they were having trouble with lakes dieing. Too many fish eliminating encouraged the growth of underwater plants which in turn endangered the fish. I wonder how much of the problem is caused by this? It cannot be global warming. The warmest year on record was 1934. We had our mini ice age in the 70's. for the past 5 years, we've been cooling. Three agencies just reported the recent temperatures. Two supported the lack of warming. left out of the data. I remember hearing that figures don't lie but liars figure out how to reinvent data. So, the score is 2 - 1 and the 1 has ties to George Soros ($750,000) and Kerry ($250,000) plus whatever else. It is important for fishermen to keep the reefs clean. Vacationers. We need to do something but to wring our hands and claim it is global warming so we can't do anything until it is brought under control is ridiculous. Let me hear the outrage against those who pollute. We need to be active.
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