A report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revealed that 84 percent of the planet’s coral reefs have been hit. The Smithsonian’s Melanie McField says the bleaching is triggered by prolonged exposure to elevated ocean temperature due to human caused climate change.
Melanie McField, Healthy Reefs for Healthy People: It’s very alarming. So I think people really need to recognize what they’re doing by the inaction. It’s the kiss of death for coral reefs.
people often ask why i didn’t have kids. then they get upset when i start to talk about shit like this.
I could never imagine wanting to bring a child into this world right now. Poor babies will grow up in a hollow husk of a once beautiful world. They will never get to experience so many beautiful things and will be forced to live in a world that will be fighting over water resources.
i love the phrase, “i come from a long line of people who shouldn’t have had children.”
While many beautiful things are passing away, that implies that there aren’t still beautiful things here worth fighting for. I see value in bringing new people into the world and helping them live the world and it’s life like I do. The world needs more people who care fighting for it, not less.
It’s not too late.
I guess this is why the Republicans crippled the NOAA. Can’t have reefs of color, no sir. Probably try to deport them, even.
When I was a kid I was lucky enough to go on a Boy Scout sailing trip around the Florida Keys and snorkel around the reefs there.
I still distinctly remember the captain telling me to enjoy them while they’re around because they’ll probably be wiped out by 2030. Seems like that might have been optimistic.
