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That article about Florida's reefs is interesting. But reefs are dying due to coral bleaching all over the planet, even in areas with no fertilizer such as the
by Tepix 7y ago
That article about Florida's reefs is interesting. But reefs are dying due to coral bleaching all over the planet, even in areas with no fertilizer such as the Maldives. And rising temperatures are the leading cause (source: https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/corals-and-coral-reefs https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/corals-and-cor... )
> the world becomes greener and more fertile
That's not what the science says. Some areas may see improvements, but globally harvests will go down and we will see a lot of refugees and hunger as a result.
- lazyjones 7y ago> globally harvests will go down and we will see a lot of refugees and hunger as a result. The science predicts these with some degree of uncertainty but surely in the past 100 years of warming we should have seen some of that already? Harvests are up lately, hunger is very much down and the regions where population growth is highest are among the hottest in the world, closest to the equator.