by Tom Goreau | Jan 4, 2018
Wind speeds and climate extremes are driven by atmosphere temperature and pressure differences, which are increasing due to global warming, because temperature differences between land and sea get greater with global warming. Here is the latest global sea surface...
by Tom Goreau | Jan 1, 2018
Comments on the following article: Regenerating soil and biomass carbon can reverse global climate change posted on the Soil Carbon Alliance website. Coral reefs are already the first victims, we exceeded the global bleaching temperature tipping point...
by Tom Goreau | Nov 10, 2017
Panamanian Caribbean coral reef temperatures have been very hot in 2017 and have hovered near the bleaching temperature threshold almost all year. Bleaching began around March, unusually early, but by June waters had cooled down below the threshold, and corals went...
by Tom Goreau | Oct 10, 2017
The remaining coral reefs of Barbuda, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Anguilla, Tortola and the British Virgin Islands, Grand Turk, Cuba, Dominica, and Puerto Rico have all been devastated in recent weeks by direct hits from the eye of the strongest hurricanes on...
by Tom Goreau | Oct 5, 2017
Here in Jamaica it is in the earliest and mildest phases, with only the most sensitive colonies of the three most sensitive species showing paling. Temperatures in Jamaica were only briefly above the HotSpot levels, and have cooled since, so bleaching is not likely to...
by herrzoox | Aug 28, 2017
Biorock coral reef restoration in Pemuteran is shown in this paper to have strong support of all sectors of the community because restoration of the economic, environmental, and ecosystem services the reef provides have transformed their way of life from the poorest...