Coral reefs cross survival threshold in Earth's first major climate tipping point FRANCE 24

[Javaman]

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this is so not good but it was predicted as little as 2 years ago that "within 10 years" the coral reefs would collapse.

[2naSalit]

1. Unfortunately...

That's not all that's collapsing faster than anticipated.

[Mossfern]

2. My daughter's PhD was about

the anthropogenic effects on coral reefs - this was more than 10 years ago.
Back then she told me that we were already beyond the tipping point.

This is not really "news" but I'm glad to see that some people are finally paying attention.
If there were only funding then research could continue to find a way to ameliorate the situation.
This is of utmost importance because many cultures rely on fishing for sustenance.

Fisheries are polluted and farmed fish are not healthy.

I wonder what percentage of the world's population relies on fish for nutrition.
I'll take a look today.

Cruise ships are a great contributor to this.

[dalton99a]

3. Maybe 40%

Over 3.3 billion people around the world get at least 20% of their daily animal protein intake from fish

https://www.msc.org/media-centre/press-releases/press-release/world-missing-out-on-nutrition-for-72-million-due-to-overfishing