It’s the fourth global bleaching event since 1998, and has now surpassed bleaching from 2014-17 that hit some two-thirds of reefs, said the ICRI, a mix of more than 100 governments, non-governmental organizations and others. And it’s not clear when the current crisis, which began in 2023 and is blamed on warming oceans, will end.
“We may never see the heat stress that causes bleaching dropping below the threshold that triggers a global event,” said Mark Eakin, executive secretary for the International Coral Reef Society and retired coral monitoring chief for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“We’re looking at something that’s completely changing the face of our planet and the ability of our oceans to sustain lives and livelihoods,” Eakin said.
Let’s try and turn this from a defeatist post into an actionability post.
Here is Hank Green talking about saving coral reefs with a rep of the Coral Reef Alliance.
Here is Mossy earth helping a coral reef recover by splicing in new coral snippings, which also gives the local aquafauna new shelter
Here is an Italian community dumping sculptures into the ocean to block illegal seafloor netting.
Work is being done to stop the destruction. I imagine the work needs much more manpower
Here are posts on the internet carefully selected and allowed to exist, by the men that control it, so that millionaires like Hank Green can be used to make us feel as if someone cares. This is to ensure we have an outlet for our emotions and do not mobilise to demand change. Welcome to The Internet, the giant Skinner Box used to supply us with a steady stream of dopamine, so we do not revolt in disgust and rage.
TL;DR Michael Moore is not your friend. He is a millionaire, used to give your frustrations an outlet, while nothing gets better.