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Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:36 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
So, good news for the great barrier reef.
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science ... ize-oceans
Any particular sea gods wanna take credit for this?
Re: Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:54 am
by Robovski
And so the world was consumed by coral, and no one could ever walk barefoot again...
Re: Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 4:02 am
by BridgeConsoleMasher
So that means the spaceship in Sphere was probably a lot younger than they thought.
Re: Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:44 am
by CharlesPhipps
This is the basis for a apocalypse film.
CORALPIERCER
Re: Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 11:13 pm
by Admiral X
Actually I was thinking a bit more of Eureka 7.
Re: Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:56 am
by clearspira
This is good news... in theory. However, anyone else think that tech such as this will just make people 40 times less likely to care about preserving our coral reefs now that they know we can just repair the results of their shitty actions?
Cynical? Yes. But a more responsible species wouldn't need this tech to begin with.
Re: Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 1:12 am
by BridgeConsoleMasher
clearspira wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:56 am
This is good news... in theory. However, anyone else think that tech such as this will just make people 40 times less likely to care about preserving our coral reefs now that they know we can just repair the results of their shitty actions?
Cynical? Yes. But a more responsible species wouldn't need this tech to begin with.
Well it's not like the destruction just happens like litter on the highway. Isn't it more commercial practices that deteriorate reefs?
Re: Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:01 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
Yeah. The people responsible for the bulk of global warming, which leads to coral bleaching death, could fit in two greyhound buses.
Re: Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:26 am
by Antiboyscout
Can we start making jewelry out of coral again?
Maybe we can breed a species of elephant that sheds and regrows its tusks like a deer's horns.
Re: Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster
Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:59 am
by BridgeConsoleMasher
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:01 am
Yeah. The people responsible for the bulk of global warming, which leads to coral bleaching death, could fit in two greyhound buses.
What do you mean about the buses?