Reef extinction risk increases

[che25]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/11/2300686.htm

[ser_renely]

:(

[Megalodon]

This is just terrible.

I posted this on another message board and everyone either didn't believe it or didn't care, and very vocal about it too. I got comments like "it's natural and OK" to "who cares?" to "run chicken little."

[reefergeorge]

It has happened time and time again over the last few million years. It is sad, but happens.

[Megalodon]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12933193#post12933193 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefergeorge
It has happened time and time again over the last few million years. It is sad, but happens. True, it happens naturally for various reasons, but IMHO that doesn't mean it's OK for humans to cause reef extinctions either.

[che25]

One of the things I love about my reef tank...........it really makes me appreciate the oceans. I have to agree with Al Gore....climate change is the number one issue facing humanity... it affects everything.

Last week, T. Boon Pickens, a world business leader and leader in the petroleum industry; launched the following campaign:

http://www.pickensplan.com/

If people like Pickens are becoming environmentalists; we had all better take pause and listen.

[RyanDragon]

why doesn't people just cooperate to save the earth.. they are so obnoxious and selfish. If the global warming stop, the reef is safe. If the reef is safe, then we can have our mini reef in our home.... simple as that...

[seapug]

Reefs are damaged as much, if not more, by pollution from coastal runoff as the processes of global warming (whether natural or not). Corals can recover from bleaching, but not from widespread chemical poisoning.