[Coral-List] Passive cooling for reef restoration infrastructure
Phillip Dustan
phil.dustan at gmail.com
Mon Aug 26 16:57:23 UTC 2024
So Listers, what's worse, getting roasted or overgrown with algae.
Seems analogous to being eaten by a shark or electrocuted in your sinking boat!
Maybe NOAA managers can figure this one out?
On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 12:53 PM Robertson, Ross <RobertsonDR at si.edu> wrote:
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> Predicting high-frequency upwelling: Spatial and temporal patterns of temperature anomalies on a Florida coral reef
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> From: Alina Szmant <alina at cisme-instruments.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2024 11:48 AM
> To: Robertson, Ross <RobertsonDR at si.edu>; Phillip Dustan <phil.dustan at gmail.com>; Bryce Bray <bewambaybray at gmail.com>
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> Deeper water has dramatically higher nutrient concentrations. When we sampled bonuses of cooler upwelled water (based on temperature signal), it had 5 uM nitrate as well as higher PO4. Shallow thermocline upwelling is responsible for macroalgal dominance of the intermediate depth fore reef zones. So make sure your remedy for one problem doesn't cause a new problem.
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> From: "Robertson, Ross via Coral-List" <coral-list at lists.coralreefs.org>
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> Date: 8/26/24 12:07 PM (GMT-05:00)
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> To: Phillip Dustan <phil.dustan at gmail.com>, Bryce Bray <bewambaybray at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Passive cooling for reef restoration infrastructure
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> I think they may be looking for a submerged home for the old ocean liner SS United States
> https://www.abandonedamerica.us/ss-united-states
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> To: Bryce Bray <bewambaybray at gmail.com>
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> Hi Bryce,
> For the Florida Keys maybe we could engineer a large baffle to divert the Florida Current up onto the reef tract to bathe the corals in cooler water. I suggest sinking an old aircraft carrier off the Sambos or Rock Key in about 100 meters of water or deeper.
> I am sure the NOAA engineers would have a field day with this project.
> If it works it would be a great example of turning weapons into something useful.
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> Phil
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> On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 9:56 AM Bryce Bray via Coral-List <coral-list at lists.coralreefs.org> wrote:
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> > Dear Coral List,
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> > I am curious. Does anyone know about any efforts to integrate passive
> > cooling techniques into reef restoration structures/infrastructure?
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> > I know passive cooling is used for other underwater infrastructure and
> > have been looking into the ability to take a leap to reef restoration
> > efforts, which have, sadly, been largely decimated by recent bleaching.
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> > It may be a half-baked idea, but who knows?
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> > Thanks,
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> "When we try to pick out anything by itself we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe. "
> John Muir 1869
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> A Swim Through TIme on Carysfort Reef
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCPJE7UE6sA
> Raja Ampat Sustainability Project video
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RR2SazW_VY&fbclid=IwAR09oZkEk8wQkK6LN3XzVGPgAWSujACyUfe2Ist__nYxRRSkDE_jAYqkJ7A
> Bali Coral Bleaching 2016 video
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxOfLTnPSUo
> TEDx Charleston on saving coral reefs
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> Google Scholar Citations:
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Phillip Dustan PhD
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"When we try to pick out anything by itself
we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords
that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe. "
John Muir 1869
A Swim Through TIme on Carysfort Reef
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCPJE7UE6sA
Raja Ampat Sustainability Project video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RR2SazW_VY&fbclid=IwAR09oZkEk8wQkK6LN3XzVGPgAWSujACyUfe2Ist__nYxRRSkDE_jAYqkJ7A
Bali Coral Bleaching 2016 video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxOfLTnPSUo
TEDx Charleston on saving coral reefs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwENBNrfKj4
Google Scholar Citations:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HCwfXZ0AAAAJ
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