06-08-2016, 03:07 AM
Some of the leading work on coral reef survival is taking place in Hawaii:
In one set of experiments planned for the super-coral project, corals from Kaneohe Bay will be raised under the sorts of conditions marine creatures can expect to confront later this century. Some colonies will be bathed in warm water, others in water that’s been acidified, and still others in water that’s both warm and acidified. Those which do best will then be bred with one another, to see if the resulting offspring can do even better.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/0...nd-forests
If you continue reading the article the writer also interviews a breeder of chestnut trees, which died out early in the 1900's due to a fungus. It's a story similar to what is happening to the ohia here in Hawaii. Warning to anti GMO readers: the solution to their survival might include minor genetic modification.
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
-Joseph Brodsky
In one set of experiments planned for the super-coral project, corals from Kaneohe Bay will be raised under the sorts of conditions marine creatures can expect to confront later this century. Some colonies will be bathed in warm water, others in water that’s been acidified, and still others in water that’s both warm and acidified. Those which do best will then be bred with one another, to see if the resulting offspring can do even better.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/0...nd-forests
If you continue reading the article the writer also interviews a breeder of chestnut trees, which died out early in the 1900's due to a fungus. It's a story similar to what is happening to the ohia here in Hawaii. Warning to anti GMO readers: the solution to their survival might include minor genetic modification.
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
-Joseph Brodsky
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