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- neocognitism, on 01/30/2008, -1/+26People, this has nothing to do with global warming.
Coral reefs are a critical ecosystem in the ocean, and have all sorts of programs to protect them because they have been threatened for decades. This research brings bad news because it says that all the coral reefs near beaches that humans frequent are now seriously threatened.
So it's not that the coral reefs dying will raise global temperature, it's that coral reefs dying is very very bad all by itself. Trust me, you do not want this to happen. Think complete breakdown of the food chain.
And the research isn't saying "don't wear sunscreen," it's essentially informing Coppertone et al to quickly find new active ingredients in their sunscreens. Hopefully the industry will react as a whole, because even if it costs a bit more, if it affects all their prices then no single company gets an unfair advantage, and therefore there won't be any show-stopping economic disincentives. There is a very good chance they will react positively because doing something for the health of the oceans is always good press. - theright, on 01/30/2008, -8/+24Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. [...] - inactive, on 01/30/2008, -3/+18I didn't think that there was that much sunscreen floating around or that its all settling on the reefs. That sucks.
- carbonetc, on 01/30/2008, -3/+16You're not really a big picture kinda guy, are you?
- agimat, on 01/30/2008, -1/+14sez the shark.
- Ndiggnation, on 01/30/2008, -3/+14Corals are not plants, they're animals as far as I know. I believe they have some sort of smybiotic relationship with algae though..
- neocognitism, on 01/30/2008, -1/+12That's not what they're saying; this has nothing to do with global warming.
Coral reefs are a critical ecosystem in the ocean, and have all sorts of programs to protect them because they have been threatened for decades. This research brings bad news because it says that all the coral reefs near beaches that humans frequent are now seriously threatened.
So it's not that the coral reefs dying will raise global temperature, it's that coral reefs dying is very very bad all by itself. Trust me, you do not want this to happen. Think complete breakdown of the food chain.
And the research isn't saying "don't wear sunscreen," it's essentially informing Coppertone et al to find new active ingredients. Hopefully the industry will quickly react, because even if it costs a bit more, if it affects all the prices then no single company gets an unfair advantage, and therefore there won't be any show-stopping economic disincentives. - gregdogum, on 01/30/2008, -3/+14Nevermind. I already read the wiki article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunscreen
The most effective sunscreens protect against both UVB (ultraviolet radiation with wavelength between 290 and 320 nanometers), which can cause sunburn, and UVA (between 320 and 400 nanometers), which damages the skin with more long-term effects, such as premature skin aging.
So what were saying about UVA rays again? Suncreen doesn't block it? Right. - kyelewis, on 01/30/2008, -0/+9Do one thing, every day, that scares the person you're stalking.
- designer, on 01/30/2008, -8/+17If coral is that much of a pussy that it dies when exposed to sunscreen then ***** it. Loser coral.
- inactive, on 01/30/2008, -6/+14Um, no doctor will tell you to "soak up the sun" twenty minutes exposure is all you need for health reasons. Not wearing sunscreen is just plain stupid if you plan to be out for extended periods of time in the summer.
- tomfromvienna, on 01/30/2008, -5/+13Waves kill corals, Temperature falls and rises kill corals, algae kills corals, even creamed skin kills corals.
Maybe god doesn´t want them to live... - gregdogum, on 01/30/2008, -2/+10Bold claims. Want to back that up with a link or two?
- HonestAbe, on 01/30/2008, -2/+10Coral are not plants
- Kpeanut21, on 01/30/2008, -2/+10Did you read the article??? There isn't anything in the story about global warming - its about chemicals in sunscreen killing coral reefs
stupidest comment ever(y?) written - OneLess, on 01/30/2008, -4/+11No, we can't. There are upwards of 6 billion people on this planet, so any small activity we do that has an effect on the environment is amplified that many times. We couldn't even go back to being hunter-gatherers without messing up the world ecosystem.
- rnreekez, on 01/30/2008, -2/+8Oh, so they are animals. So I guess that means "Good luck and enjoy the melanoma. "
- Frnnkdlxx, on 01/30/2008, -2/+7WHITE PEOPLE! YOU DID IT AGAIN!!!!!!!
/doh! - BobTurtle, on 01/30/2008, -1/+6I thought this has been known for a little while. When I went on vacation to a natural park in Mexico (where you could go swimming) about five years ago everyone was asked not to use their non-natural sunscreens for this very reason. There are natural sunscreens that have been on the market that work just as well as your average sunscreen (for most activities) that won't ***** up the environment and aren't too expensive. The brand of natural sunscreen I've seen is called Australian Gold but I'm sure there are others.
- nekochan, on 01/30/2008, -3/+8...but enough about your hobbies.
how about them corals? - heartcoldfusion, on 01/30/2008, -15/+20Stop using sunscreen altogether. Most sunscreens block UVB rays, which are actually less harmful than the UVA rays they don't block. Current research is finding that your body reacts well to the vitamin D found in UVB rays, and that it may actually help in fighting cancer. So sunscreens essentially block the good type of UV rays from the Sun and let the bad ones that really damage your skin come through.
- inactive, on 01/30/2008, -0/+5protecting us from harmful UV rays from the sun?
- 0crabby0, on 01/30/2008, -2/+7Just swim and surf at night...
- neocognitism, on 01/30/2008, -1/+6That's not what they're saying; this has nothing to do with global warming.
Coral reefs are a critical ecosystem in the ocean, and have all sorts of programs to protect them because they have been threatened for decades. This research brings bad news because it says that all the coral reefs near beaches that humans frequent are now seriously threatened.
So it's not that the coral reefs dying will raise global temperature, it's that coral reefs dying is very very bad all by itself. Trust me, you do not want this to happen. Think complete breakdown of the food chain.
And the research isn't saying "don't wear sunscreen," it's essentially informing Coppertone et al to find new active ingredients. Hopefully the industry will quickly react, because even if it costs a bit more, if it affects all the prices then no single company gets an unfair advantage, and therefore there won't be any show-stopping economic disincentives. - inactive, on 01/30/2008, -1/+5breath.
- protogenxl, on 01/30/2008, -0/+4What I use....is Crisco, its the best, you can get a tub of it and it costs a buck ten. Share it with everyone at the beach. And the great thing about Crisco is that you never get burnt, because when you start to sizzle...you MOVE YOUR ASS!!!
- gameforge, on 01/30/2008, -1/+5Now listen here! Man was intelligent enough to seek shade, and invent clothing and sunscreen. Coral needs to pull its thumb out of its butt and get with the program if it wishes not to face the consequences!
- J4k3, on 01/30/2008, -0/+4Some people have an IQ in the single digits...ndfootball06 is a prime example of that. Crawl back to your cave, Neanderthal.
- inactive, on 01/30/2008, -0/+4Try reading the article next time.
It'll help you keep from looking like a total ***** like you do now. - joegibes, on 01/30/2008, -1/+5...don't go out in the sun that much (ie don't sit on a beach for 5 hours; go out a little at a time and build up more melanin).
- directrix13, on 01/30/2008, -3/+6Don't be a mother ***** punk ass bitch to the stupid *****.
- argoff, on 01/30/2008, -1/+4sure I do, 6 cubic inches times 6 billion is 36 billion cubic inches is 21 million cubic feet.is about a 250 foot cube and that's assuming that everybody on the planet uses it and dumps all of it in the ocean and none stays on their skin and no bottles get thrown away and so on and so on.
- drsmith3, on 01/30/2008, -5/+8At least they're not blaming global warming for the destruction of the coral.
- drimo, on 01/30/2008, -2/+5You completely missed the point. Reefs are an important habitat that need to be protected in order to preserve the food chain. If you don't have reefs, you don't get micro-organisms that bigger fish feed upon. You don't get the places where smaller fish live, which feed larger fish, like tuna and salmon, plus birds. Not to mention reefs help control erosion and tidal flow. The ocean and its reefs are A LOT more important than we will ever comprehend.
- hammerattack, on 01/30/2008, -3/+6There isn't.
- MWeather, on 01/30/2008, -1/+4Coral, like everything else has adapted to a certain temperature range. Unlike other animals, though, it has a hard time moving when the temperature changes.
- rand0mm0nkey, on 01/30/2008, -2/+5and that is why people suck. greed over compassion for the lose.
- rand0mm0nkey, on 01/30/2008, -3/+6We could if there were less of us.
- AnthonyN, on 01/30/2008, -2/+5I also remember hearing something recently about sunscreen containing xenoestrogenic compounds. Prostate cancer ahoy.
Why does science hate us? - cnot3, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3The most dangerous game of all...
- CiXeL, on 01/30/2008, -1/+4we may have just discovered the breakthrough that will help the corals just like when they tied DDT to the deaths of millions of birds because it would make their egg shells weak.
- MWeather, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3And you show all comment threads fully expanded?
- rainyman, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2It doesn't affect the coral directly. It activates dormant viruses that have infected the algae and kills them off. We have no such virus, else we would have felt the effects long ago.
- Prosequi, on 01/30/2008, -3/+5Corals are highly sensitive to light levels and grow only at certain depths accordingly. That "the coral samples were exposed to sunscreen while in plastic bags to avoid contaminating the reefs" raises an issue of light level and filtering through the bag, and water quality in the bag. Tie a sunscreen filled bag around the head of the researcher, watch him turn white, then declare the cause the sunscreen - neat, then declare, "I don't know if it was divine intervention or the kinship of all living things but I tell you Jerry at that moment I was a marine biologist!".
- a10webb, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2If any of you experts would care to read the full study it is located here in pdf before throwing your expert opinions out there:
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/10966/abstract. ... - inactive, on 01/30/2008, -2/+4Hmmmmm.... avoid cancer... or save a coral reef?? wow, that's a toughie
- CiXeL, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2there are new stands up staghorn corals up by fort lauderdale where there werent before. global warming is allowing the range of corals to extend further from the equator. we're in very interesting times.
- neocognitism, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2Did you receive a bad grade in Biology, only to blame your professor and now all of science?
- norman619, on 01/30/2008, -1/+3Doesn't change the fact that you guys misunderstood what he was talking about. If you are gonna slam someone do it for the right reason. I point out how you guys didn't even get what he was talking about and I get dugg down. Classic digg I guess.
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