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Scientists successfully breed corals to improve their heat tolerance

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Re: Scientists successfully breed corals to improve their heat tolerance

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Post by soco »

pvaldes wrote: post #130

Sorry to pop the party but we need perspective. "Scientists breed successfully corals" is not a big deal, marine aquarium keepers reproduce many easy species for decades and have developed the technology to help with that. The problem is that this is a titanic task. There are >350 species of hard corals with zooxanthelae and they have very long life cycles. The second part of the title is more problematic. The real m…

And then there are only other 65654867142 species the scientists should increase the tolerance to heat, ash, plastics, oil and a few others, and we're done!

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Post by verisimi »

tupshin wrote: post #90
verisimi wrote: post #62

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Nature doesn't have the right conditions to deal with the changes in nature?

Why the disbelief? You are literally describing the process of species extinction due to failure to adapt. This should not be a new concept.

If not nature.... where do you get diversity from?

It seems such hybris to believe that mere humans have a better handle on what 'nature' needs, than, er, nature.

The embedded idea is both guilt-ridden and egotistic. Amazing destructive humans are harming 'nature' (antropomorphised) but other, good humans are here to redress the balance by doing this or that. At which point, whatever is there is no longer 'nature' but some sort of themed garden.

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Post by keepamovin »

bee_rider wrote: post #149
keepamovin wrote: post #147

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I think you need a larger picture - think system theory, and think about multiple overlapping equilibrium biochemical reactions going on all the time. Even in your own body to maintain homeostasis. That's scaled up on a global scale. How key are coral? Do you know? If you don't you probably shouldn't mess with it. Heh! :)

They are already being messed with, we’re killing them.

Exactly. But interfering might actually make it worse.

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ASalazarMX wrote: post #144
goda90 wrote: post #116

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Lots of people care. But 1 person caring usually doesn't do much. That person might be able to make some choices that reduce their impact on the planet, but the effect is miniscule and the effort they have to put in might be immense. Asking billions of people to consciously choose a harder life to hopefully prevent an issue they might not be seeing in front of their eyes on a daily basis, is a really big ask. It need…

During COVID confinement, I was hopeful home office would stay. The vast majority of office jobs don't need people sat at a specific location, home office alone reduced the carbon footprint of every major city. A rare instance where personal change significantly benefits both the environment and our lives. I'm painfully aware that the home office is much more harder to secure than regular office, but it seems like ef…

It's not really a personal choice when it's the employers that decide how many remote jobs exist though.
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