[Coral-List] Great Barrier Reef news story

[Vassil Zlatarski]

Thanks, Doug!

Congratulations, Charlie, for this "really outstanding new species"!  More
information and bibliographical data will be greatly appreciated.  Any
chance to be a hybrid?

Happy festive season and 2018!

Vassil



On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 10:42 PM, Douglas Fenner <
douglasfennertassi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great Barrier Reef Team hunting for bleaching survivors finds first new
> coral in 30 years.    (first new on the Great Barrier Reef, that is)
>
> http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-07/great-barrier-reef-
> research-group-confident-new-coral-species/9232608?pfmredir=
> sm&mc_cid=516e19cfd0&mc_eid=8264f98e74
>
> Open-access.
>
> "Dr Veron, who has been diving on the reef for more than 50 years, has seen
> it deteriorate from ocean warming and agricultural run-off.
>
> "Oh it's horrible. It's like seeing the family home slowly burning, and you
> scream for a fire-engine … and you just see it falling to bits. It's just
> awful," he said.
>
> "I think the Great Barrier Reef could be entirely dead within 15 years," Dr
> Veron said.
>
> "What's much more likely is progressive deterioration," he said.
>
> Cheers,  Doug
>
>
> --
> Douglas Fenner
> Contractor for NOAA NMFS Protected Species, and consultant
> PO Box 7390
> Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA
>
> New online open-access field guide to 300 coral species in Chagos, Indian
> Ocean
> http://chagosinformationportal.org/corals
>
> Two melting Antarctic glaciers could decide the fate of our coastlines.
>
> https://www.wired.com/story/two-melting-glaciers-could-decid
> e-the-fate-of-our-coastlines/
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