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To: Daralundy; xcamel
Coral bleaching is a stupid argument to begin with since corals have been on the planet for about 600 million years now and have survived way higher warming periods then the one we are going through now,

But yep, Once again they are lying linking it to global warming. It's an environmental problem alright but it has nothing to do with global warming. The real culprit is increasing outbreaks of these guys

The Crown of Thorns Starfish which eats coral leaving behind large dead bleached areas.

These outbreaks occur because of fertilizer & sewage run-off which causes algae blooms in which the juvenile CoT starfish feed on as well as its predators are being over-fished and over-harvested, both of which lead to population explosions of the CoT Starfish which decimate the corals

Relative links

Crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef"

CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH PLAGUE LINKED TO RUN-OFF(CRC Reef Research Centre)

4 posted on 07/14/2007 4:53:31 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: qam1
corals have been on the planet for about 600 million years now and have survived way higher warming periods then the one we are going through now

The Algorians can't understand such logical explanations. They probably think Algore invented coral back in the 90s.

6 posted on 07/14/2007 5:11:39 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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