Can Lab-Grown Super Corals Save the Ocean?

[Techno-Druid]

A group of researchers on Hawaii are selectively breeding corals that are the best at surviving in warmer and more acidic waters. There goal is to breed coral capable of largely withstanding the effects of warmer waters and pollutants of humans such as sunscreen, lotion, trash, etc.

[Mistame]

As long as it doesn't turn out like the "Asian Beetle" thing. Seriously. Billions of these things flying around makes me want to throat punch the people who brought them here.

[Techno-Druid]

As long as it doesn't turn out like the "Asian Beetle" thing. Seriously. Billions of these things flying around makes me want to throat punch the people who brought them here.

Well these are native coral being bred to be stronger and more resistant to a changing world

[Deleted]

2075 Global naval travel comes to an halt due to widespread coral infection.

12. Mai 2075 Russian Nuclear powered icebreakers are being now repurposed to clear tradestreets and drop the
price for international maritime Travel by an estimated 200% in the next decade.

[Techno-Druid]

2075 Global naval travel comes to an halt due to widespread coral infection.

12. Mai 2075 Russian Nuclear powered icebreakers are being now repurposed to clear tradestreets and drop the
price for international maritime Travel by an estimated 200% in the next decade.

Coral takes hundreds to thousands of years to significantly grow into monstrous coral reefs if I remember correctly.

[Tock20]

Coral takes hundreds to thousands of years to significantly grow into monstrous coral reefs if I remember correctly.

But these are super corals!

[breadisfunny]

but the real question is how are we going to replenish our supply of squid and mussels?

[Lolretadin]

I hear adding new organisms to an environment - especially with the intent to replace currently existing ones - always goes well and never backfires.

[Hooked]

So genetically modified corals?, what could possibly go wrong?. It will probably turn into a giant coral block 7 miles deep and 10,000 miles across.

[Techno-Druid]

I hear adding new organisms to an environment - especially with the intent to replace currently existing ones - always goes well and never backfires.

Watch the video. They're just trying to selectively breed native coral to be resistant to heating waters and pollution.

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but the real question is how are we going to replenish our supply of squid and mussels?

Coral Reefs are ecosystems that support many species we eat like the two you mentioned and so many more, which is why they are so important.

[slime]

Of course they can. And when they are done saving the oceans they will become self aware and realize what the real threat was in the first place. And then eliminate that.

[Redwyrm]

Sounds like the beginning of another Kudzu incident.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu_..._United_States

[Techno-Druid]

Sounds like the beginning of another Kudzu incident.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu_..._United_States

Why are people comparing invasive species with breeding coral to be more resistant to human waste?

[Deleted]

Why are people comparing invasive species with breeding coral to be more resistant to human waste?

You think they had no perfectly reasonable sounding rational to introduce said invasive species?

[Techno-Druid]

You think they had no perfectly reasonable sounding rational to introduce said invasive species?

What invasive species? The coral are the same species as the ones taken out of the said enviroment they're reintroducing the coral to, just with arguably better genes to resist human pollutants.

[Deleted]

Why are people comparing invasive species with breeding coral to be more resistant to human waste?

Why are people pretending like they aren't even remotely similar cases?

What invasive species? The coral are the same species as the ones taken out of the said enviroment they're reintroducing the coral to, just with arguably better genes to resist human pollutants.

It stops being the same identical species once you tamper with it. That's the point.

[Deleted]

What invasive species? The coral are the same species as the ones taken out of the said enviroment they're reintroducing the coral to, just with arguably better genes to resist human pollutants.

I hope you are fine with purchasing the Russian icebreakers to deal with the problem you created-

[Deleted]

So genetically modified corals?, what could possibly go wrong?. It will probably turn into a giant coral block 7 miles deep and 10,000 miles across.

That would be something exciting for a change.

[The Kao]

I have some more questions for you.

Does the ocean even need saving? Is there hard evidence that nature cannot adapt to the situation over the course of several hundreds of years? And, bearing in mind that it was human meddling that polluted oceans in the first place, how likely is it that more meddling will lead to fully positive results?

[Deleted]

I have some more questions for you.

Does the ocean even need saving? Is there hard evidence that nature cannot adapt to the situation over the course of several hundreds of years? And, bearing in mind that it was human meddling that polluted oceans in the first place, how likely is it that more meddling will lead to fully positive results?

Nature has its way of sorting itself out, the question is if we've got the time to wait until that happens before the pollution of the world's oceans becomes severe enough to have catastrophic consequences for us humans.

I'd wager the answer to that is "probably not", but I don't know enough about the topic at hand to give you a reliable answer on that.