nostr:npub1yck44z5zqxmwpqzqs75ay6ffjdw843ng9p6mz0lzfff3fgz2djlsngujmw look at this unholy process, how do you even explain that. 😱

Did you know with this? The heat speeds up the dinoflagellates and makes them excrete toxic compounds the coral can’t handle. So they disgorge themself of tissue and algae. They actually take part of their body and vomit it out. That’s what occurs. They still retain some algae but if the temperature doesn’t go down? They starve.

But yeah they actually barf their flesh and zooxanthellae. To stop the acids from killing the polyp. I just recently learned they evict flesh too. https://declin.eu/objects/3e985296-88d6-414a-b9af-4b73fd056896

West #Maui from my former house in upcountry #Maui 2013

You know like talking to my wife? She made a fish face?

Why the fuck don’t fish have boobs? Where is fish milk.

If you ever wondered? The 3rd largest barrier reef on the planet is functionally extinct. This is what it looks like before it’s gone.

This heat finished it off, it’s done. So we have 2 left, for now. I get to see what happens post extinction. That’s gonna be weird.

No you were not told, no there was no alarm. It just crashed from 80 to 70 down down to 2% this year and still? No emergency, no fisheries management. Now? 1% or less of the reef is covered. It’s all rubble and debris otherwise.

It ain’t coming back either.