Freezer to preserve threatened coral ("slime-covered rubble by 2050")

[denem]

Source: Times OnLine

Corals from tropical oceans are to be placed in deep freeze at a British zoo to preserve them for posterity as they face destruction from rising greenhouse gas levels.

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is planning the first global “coral cryobank”, where hundreds of samples from each species would be stored in liquid nitrogen.

The decision follows research showing that most coral reefs will be largely dead by 2040, wiped out by a combination of rising temperatures and increasing acidity in oceans. They include Australia’s 1,600-mile Great Barrier Reef, most Caribbean reefs and those in the “coral triangle” which spans Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and East Timor.

“Carbon dioxide emissions are rising fast and are already above the safe level for corals,” said Dr Alex Rogers, head of marine biodiversity at the ZSL.

Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/earth-environment/article6888969.ece

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"Unless something very remarkable happens during December's climate talks, the world's reefs will be reduced to slime-covered rubble by 2050," said Dr Alex Rogers, of the Institute of Zoology, London."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/25/coral-arks-doomed-reefs

The truth is, nothing remarkable is on the way. It's beyond too late.

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. "Slime covered rubble"

Described the inside of my freezer when I was single.

[denem]

3. Slime covered rabble

sums up my college days.

[Zoeisright]

2. That is a total tragedy.

And you're right - it is too late. The human race has managed to destroy its habitat, and now it will destroy us.

[denem]

4. I know it's sensible politics not to shout "It's too late"

but the climate scientists know: +2C is a fantasy, +4C is an average guess, WITH bigger cuts than anyone can deliver at the moment, and clearing +4C, there are no stabilizing feedback to slow anything.

[xc8mip]

5. Another BS,fakery ,fraud ,deception

"Corals from tropical oceans are to be placed in deep freeze at a British zoo to preserve them for posterity as they face destruction from rising greenhouse gas levels."

Seems like another bozos on fundrising crusade,corals will be ok ,with or without donations

[kenfrequed]

6. And...

Other than your opinion what kind of science are you basing this on...?

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. I totally thought that post was gonna be sarcastic. Imagine my horror to see that it was in earnest.

[trotsky]

8. Rush told him, duh! n/t