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Perhaps they like warmth and will spread towards the poles from where they are now - the hottest waters. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralwaters.html h
by lazyjones 7y ago
Perhaps they like warmth and will spread towards the poles from where they are now - the hottest waters.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralwaters.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralwaters.html
The IPCC doom predictions simply make no sense to me given that large parts of the oceans are currently too cold for corals (by 10+ K).
- Loughla 7y agoI think it's about the speed of adaptation or even migration, for that matter. If they had thousands or tens of thousands of years to adapt, sure. But it's more in the 50-100 year range.
- kls 7y agoSee my post above 50 years to regenerate is the only data we have and in that time the Bikini Atolls reef is nothing short of a success story given the fact that it was nuked into oblivion less than 100 years ago.
- masklinn 7y ago> The IPCC doom predictions simply make no sense to me given that large parts of the oceans are currently too cold for corals (by 10+ K). Coral reefs don't get built over two weeks, or even two centuries. Furthermore warm-water corals need sunlight, and proper depths.
- kls 7y agoYou are right it takes about 50 years given the only data we have on how fast they regenerate. The Bikini Atolls being the only data point we have.