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Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa

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Re: Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa

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Post by pixl97 »

soperj wrote: post #12
akk0 wrote: post #10

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Not having heard of this plant before, I was rather confused why people would leave so much footwear on this trail.

haha yes, 100% thought this was about someone dumping used shoes in a pristine area before your comment.

I listen to too many crime podcasts. My mind was going, one slipper, the second slipper, then the body.

Re: Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa

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Post by pixl97 »

aboardRat4 wrote: post #19
slibhb wrote: post #9

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Yeah, only publish stories about coral bleaching, animals going extinct, and forest fires. Censor any good news at all costs!

Forest fires are natural. Coral bleaching seems too actually be a sign of prosperity, not suffering.

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Re: Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa

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Post by lemonberry »

akk0 wrote: post #10
lemonberry wrote: post #7

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I walk an old logging trail near my house. 5 years or so ago I was walking and came across a lady slipper. Then another and another. I stopped counting at around 100. I've never seen so many in one place. It was incredible. I stopped taking people there when they've bloomed to help preserve them. It's a free and public place, but on a lightly travelled road so it doesn't actually get much traffic. Anyone that takes t…

Not having heard of this plant before, I was rather confused why people would leave so much footwear on this trail.

Apologies, I assumed common knowledge when I shouldn't have. It's a lovely orchid that resembles a slipper.

Here's a link from the USDA Forest Service:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/cyprip...

Re: Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa

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Post by wildfireday2 »

novia wrote: post #3

> Zinzindohoué agrees: “We don’t need to wait for others to come to our country to show us what is under our sea. We are the ones who must take responsibility.

Yet, they didn’t.

And for those commenting about risk from tourism, this is mesophotic coral at 175 feet. It’s out of range of recreational scuba much less shallow-reef snorkelers. Only technical divers can reach this reef. That’s why it hadn’t even been explored for all this time.

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Post by wildfireday2 »

nothinggoesaway wrote: post #18

Chemical sunscreen famously kills coral. Some dermatologists have noted that sunscreen is little used in Africa. [1] I’m not saying that is the only explanation for the reef’s preservation, but it’s likely a significant contributing factor. [1] https://theconversation.com/sunscreen-wouldnt-have-saved-bob...

That and being 175 feet below the surface. You’re not getting “sunscreen” on mesophotic coral.

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Post by bix6 »

aboardRat4 wrote: post #19
slibhb wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, only publish stories about coral bleaching, animals going extinct, and forest fires. Censor any good news at all costs!

Forest fires are natural. Coral bleaching seems too actually be a sign of prosperity, not suffering.

Glyphosate has made forest fires worse.

Bleaching happens when the symbiosis breaks down due to elevated temps. That is due to suffering and causes suffering.

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Post by dlcarrier »

slibhb wrote: post #9
functionmouse wrote: post #6

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Yeah, only publish stories about coral bleaching, animals going extinct, and forest fires. Censor any good news at all costs!

You don't even need to actively censor it; it's human nature to not only solely pay attention to bad news, but also to amplify it. It's generally true for all mammals, but they scale of things we're conscious of is orders of magnitude larger than any other mammal species.
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