Coral Reefs Starting to Permanently Dissolve

[Crillam]

Something something natural warming cycles something something AL GORE.

No but seriously, our oceans have been absorbing carbon at unprecedented, unsustainable rates. We have massive coral records because never before in history have our oceans been this acidic enough to dissolve them. Once the ocean reaches critical levels of carbon saturation, we're going to see massive increases in year on year carbon accumulation in the atmosphere.

MAN BEAR PIG! I knew Al Gore were right!

[Phookah]

How do you know it will die? You know the Big Rip is only one of several relevant hypotheses.

Personally I subscribe with the heat death theory

[the game]

How do you know it will die? You know the Big Rip is only one of several relevant hypotheses.

everything ends eventually.

[Detan]

Haha lol, fuck nature!

[The Stormbringer]

Yay... more depressing news of how humanity fucks it up for the rest of the world.

[PC2]

everything ends eventually.

How do photons end?

[Detan]

How do photons end?

When I decide they do.

[breadisfunny]

How do you know it will die? You know the Big Rip is only one of several relevant hypotheses.

maybe you should open up a science book and find out why.

[PC2]

maybe you should open up a science book and find out why.

Do you know why a hypothesis is a hypothesis?

[Techno-Druid]

Haha lol, fuck nature!

Yes, fuck the thing that created you and that you are a part of.

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its a choice
just like thinking coral is important is a choice

you cant force people to think coral is important

You can't force someone to think coral is important, but in terms of ecology, it's very objectively vital to hundreds of fish, cephalopods, crustaceans and molluscs.

It's also something that many islands nature rely on for tourism as well as fishing.

[Techno-Druid]

so those islands can worry about it

humans can create fish farms on land it will not effect a normal person

we have nothing to worry about

What about fish that directly rely on certain species of coral?

You have nothing to worry about, but most people who are ecologically conscious do.

[Noradin]

Going from a pH of 8.2 to 8.1 (the claimed 0.1 units) isn't enough to bleach out corals unless there are other, more serious contributing factors. Salinity, nutrient levels, poisonous metals, etc, etc, etc can all have more immediate affects on the density of zooxanthellae in skeleton forming photosynthetic corals.

A link to your reliable source or scientific qualification to make such a claim, please? Surely you have one?

[Deleted]

I'm not sure if that certain poster is a troll or a huge moron, I mean a moron of legendary proportions. Can't say who without getting infracted, so you will have to guess.