world news reefs becoming extinct

http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43479398/ns/world_news-world_environment


everybody should read this James

 

Is it just me or am I the only one that the link doesn't work for?

 

Nope... same here. :-/

 

Original topic is here: http://www.3reef.com/forums/environ...ding-mass-extinctions-112660.html#post1167032
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Thanks evolved.

 

Good link Experts: Seas heading for mass extinctions - World news - World environment - msnbc.com

 

click the link, when it tries to load it fails due to the extra http//: at the front of it. delete it and refresh and voila.

Good read, thanks for the link!

 

if the reef system dies off while im still kickin' i will become depressed
loose all hope for man-kind but, after just like the dinosaurs they died off of mass extiction; the earth regained control over itself and 365,000,000 years later here i am typing this to give off a message that will endure
the change oof evalution.:-/

 

I recently read a research article as part of my studies that reported evidence that some corals are incorporating a clade of zooanthelae that are more resistant to rising ocean temperatures. Their research showed that the ability to ingest this specific clade of zooanthelae is population specific and that not all corals would be able to adapt in this manner (essentially Darwin's theory). Their study was conducted with with Acropora millepora, which is relatively sensitive to bleaching events (caused by escalating ocean temperatures). This is a "nugget of hope", as described by the authors.

You're right, there have been 5 major extinction events in Earth's history (some say we are entering the 6th) and each time, life has evolved and and carried on.

Humans aren't the first species to completely alter the atmospheric composition and climate of Earth. I am sure you all are familiar with cyanobacteria? Some 3 billion years ago, a past relative of cyanobacteria "poisoned" the atmosphere with free oxygen in a period of time where species were adapted to anoxic conditions (look up the Great Oxygenation Event). Sound familiar re:humans and CO2?

I am graduating with a degree in oceanography in August, by the way. I will be going back to attain a master in the near future.