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Corals are fascinating creatures and incredible symbiots. Vulcan (where I work) has been contributing to the advancement of science to save reefs. We've funded
by Qworg 9y ago
Corals are fascinating creatures and incredible symbiots. Vulcan (where I work) has been contributing to the advancement of science to save reefs. We've funded Ruth Gates and Madeleine VanOppen's work in human-assisted evolution of corals, among other projects.
I recommend everyone watch "Chasing Corals" on Netflix if they want a more detailed explanation of problems and potential solutions. Trailer: https://youtu.be/Mmqqi_DnPEE https://youtu.be/Mmqqi_DnPEE
- kraftman 9y agoAny suggestions for the best place to donate to have the most impact?
- selectodude 9y agoI mean, the coral are dying because the ocean temperature has gotten too high. Donate to yourself and stop using fossil fuels, that’s the only way out at this point.
- hulahoof 9y agoI often hear this, and for the sake of discussion I tried to find some numbers. I could mainly find presentation notes[1], and half page (quite similarly structured) posts, even from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority[2] Does anyone have a link to the research behind these releases? I don't doubt the effect of raising acidity and temperature, but would like to see a comparison to the aftermath of oil spills, radiation leaks etc. throughout the Pacific. [1] https://archive.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/expeditions/temp-acidity/ocean-temp-acidity-508.pdf https://archive.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/expeditions/temp-... [2] http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/managing-the-reef/threats-to-the-reef/climate-change/how-climate-change-can-affect-the-reef/rising-sea-temperatures http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/managing-the-reef/threats-to-the-re...
- lukas_tr 9y agoYour individual impact is minuscle compared to what you can achieve with targeted dontations or activism. It's a good thing to start with your own lifestyle, but if you do only that, you won't have much impact. For example, your daily CO2 emission is 10-20 tons per year. This is the same amount that can be saved with a donation of only $27 to a highly effective climate charity: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/report/cool-earth/ https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/report/cool-earth/
- kraftman 9y agoFirst of all, it's clearly not the only way out, because the comment I replied to shows at least another way worth exploring. Second of all, me reducing my fossil fuel usage to 0 wouldn't magically drop industrial fossil fuel usage to 0, so that's not even a solution to the problem. A new technology or enforced policy would have a much greater effect.
- exergy 9y ago> A new technology This attitude in the general public is our death knell. The only, and I do mean ONLY, solution to not fucking up the environment beyond repair is the concept of less. Less SUVs, less air travel, less fast fashion, less computer monitors, less phones replaced less quickly, less heating and cooling of our homes and more getting acclimated to the climate, less fucking juiceros and interent connected butt-plugs, less non-seasonal vegetables and meat, less eating of beef and pork and chicken and more plants. Reduce. I love to quote idlewords on this all the time, but we as a species can't even handle male pattern baldness. To somehow expect that we can engineer our way out of the complexities of nature with time to spare and without any impacts on how we live life in the wes is a completely misguided belief. The technological breakthrough that will be our saviour is not just around the corner. Musk and Tesla aren't our saviours. 'Less' is.
- crispinb 9y ago> Musk and Tesla aren't our saviours. 'Less' is. Agree on the first, but the second is hardly likely. We would have to devise some miraculous means of global collective decision-making, with an eye to long-term consequences. Not even the most Panglossian UN weeny could imagine we're within decades of this (millennia is more likely). The moment evolution tossed up a creature with the cognitive flexibility to invade all niches, and evade population-scale threats to fitness, universal overrun was a biological inevitability. Next time perhaps.
- oldcynic 9y agoI would not be at all surprised if the second will come within most of our lifetimes. Probably under something akin to a wartime economy. It will come when climate change is obvious even to the most arrogant denier troll. It won't be pretty, for anyone. We'll get to watch governments trying to force things whilst our major infrastructures are still built for economics of short term growth and ignoring externalities.
- lukas_tr 9y agoCharity Evaluator "Giving What We Can" has determined that Cool Earth is very effective, based on their direct impacts: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/report/cool-earth/ https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/report/cool-earth/ For example, they are able to save as much CO2 as you emit in a year (20 tons) with a donation of only $27. Other organizations work on political change, which may be much more effective but is harder to measure. https://350.org/ https://350.org/ is the biggest organization working on that. http://catf.us/ http://catf.us/ is focussing on carbon-free energy.
- kraftman 9y agoThanks. I donate to Cool Earth already, I'll check out the others too.
- reacweb 9y agoI drive an EV. IMHO, this is the most effective solution to reduce CO2. I live in France where electricity is mostly carbon-free.
- andrewwharton 8y agoGood for you. Thankfully we have marginal abatement cost curves and EVs are pretty far down the list of priorities at this stage.