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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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

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

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Post by soperj »

ck2 wrote: post #11

vaguely related I read a fascinating story the other day about basically garbage dumping of leftover oyster/clam shells being used to re-seed a marine ecosystem off the Florida Keys * https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/florida-dumped-h...

they were doing that in New York as well if I'm not mistaken

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Post by Jtsummers »

soperj wrote: post #13
ck2 wrote: post #11

vaguely related I read a fascinating story the other day about basically garbage dumping of leftover oyster/clam shells being used to re-seed a marine ecosystem off the Florida Keys * https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/florida-dumped-h...

they were doing that in New York as well if I'm not mistaken

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_Oyster_Project - Different effort, this one is about putting out living oysters, not just shells as GP was talking about.

And to be clear, in GP's link, living oysters do show up, but they weren't put there deliberately (the shells and every other development provided the larvae with places to grow and establish themselves). The NY project started with oyster larvae placed on discarded shells to deliberately create the new environment with an oyster population.

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Post by nothinggoesaway »

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...

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Post by aboardRat4 »

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!

Forest fires are natural.

Coral bleaching seems too actually be a sign of prosperity, not suffering.

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functionmouse wrote: post #6

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Very few people travel to visit the Amazon especially in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. In the absence of tourist money these amazing ecosystems are being turned into agriculture and logged. In the protected areas supported by eco tourism the sound of the insects is deafening. But a few miles away in the banana plantations the area is completely silent. Even on “organic” banana plantations every insect is killed.
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