Scientists at the Research #NeutronSource Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) investigated, for the first time, #coralbleaching processes directly in living corals. 🪸Using #neutrons, they visualized structural changes during bleaching: http://go.tum.de/326347
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Coral bleaching of Great Barrier Reef - March 2016
Headlines keep repeating the same truth: the ocean is carrying the weight—microplastics in every current, reefs under heat stress, decisions delayed. Fingerprints In The Water is my YA eco-fantasy where teens—and ancient Earth-guardians—refuse to wait. Read: https://books2read.com/u/boxKkA
#Microplastics #OceanHealth #CoralBleaching #ClimateFiction #EcoFantasy #TeenActivism #IndieAuthor
We live in a society where constructing gigantic datacenters the size of small cities is considered vitally important for whole countries and the world. These datacenters consume vast amount of resources in their construction and when they are in operation. Energy, water, concrete, plastics, metals and more.
The expected average lifespan is projected to be 3-4 YEARS. 5 at best. After that point they will be completely obsolete. They will have to be demolished entirely and built anew. No one makes a big deal out of that.
These datacenters are used to provide so-called AI and crypto. No one really needs AI, we have managed things pretty well up to now without it up to now. Crypto is a scam. All of these resource are being used to extract more money from everyone's pockets and put it in the pockets of the mega-wealthy techbros and the corporations they control.
We also live in a society where the overwhelming majority of coral reefs in the worlds oceans are bleached and dead. Its almost certain they will never recover naturally.
The death of all the coral reefs is designated as the world's ecosystem crossing a planetary boundary. A line in the sand. It is a stark warning to everyone on the planet today.
It is thought that with a great deal of work and effort we could restore the worlds reefs to something approaching their original state. They can never be the same as untold species will be lost forever.
We can find a way of making something work. Lots of people working to grow corals in nurseries in tanks then divers transplanting the young corals into gardens under the sea and becoming underwater gardeners tending the reefs. You may have seen all this in a documentary or two.
The work requires a great deal of manpower but it does not require a lot of resources like energy, plastics or metals. There are plenty of indigenous islanders around the world who would love to restore their reefs with the help of experts from elsewhere.
Guess which of the two will benefit each and every single person on the planet? Guess which one costs the most? Guess which one has the longest projected lifespan? Guess which one receives the most attention in the media? Guess which of the two will actually be done? Go on, take a wild, crazy guess. I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker. Take a guess.
WE. ARE. ALL. FUCKED.
May the all gods and goddess' help us. Jesus wept etc.
#ai #datacenters #crypto #resources #water #energy #ResourceDepetion #CoralReefs #CoralBleaching #PlanetaryBoundaries
Scientists Warn Planet Has Passed “Tipping Point” as Warm-Water Coral Reefs Die
Coral ecosystems support a quarter of marine species. Scientists say a clean energy transition can save remaining reefs.An article by Alexandra Kler Lago et al.:
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1817.
demonstrates considerable between-individual differences in the heat tolerance (and susceptibility to bleaching) of reef-building corals (Acropora sp.) in Western Australia.
"... we suggest that selective breeding combined with assisted gene flow could be a feasible conservation tool for enhancing coral heat tolerance along the Ningaloo World Heritage Area."
The oceans keep score in a year of record heat around Australia
Australia’s red centre captured by the Himawari satellite.(Himawari) Standing in the heart of central Australia, you’d be forgiven…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #algaebloom #AU #Australia #coralbleaching #cycloneseason #extremerainfall #greatbarrierreefbleaching #hurricatehelene #hurricatemilton #NingalooReefbleaching #NSWfloods #queenslandfloods #recordoceanheat #valenciafloods #warmingoceans
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