@TommyThomThomas @drtod1000 @scruztiger Geologic history backs up what biologists are saying – in times of warmer earth, coral die off and loss of reefs. 125,000 years ago: https://t.co/ApsIijc3OB 55 million years ago (closest parallel in terms of rate o
@Mydrryn @DeborahClaireUK @LeonSimons8 e.g. papers Kiessling et al., 2012 "Equatorial decline of reef corals during the last Pleistocene interglacial" "The equatorial retractions are surprisingly strong given that only small temperature changes have been
@baldguyinit @_ClimateCraze More 'recently', reconstructions of the warm Pleistocene interglacial indicate tropical reefs died off in equatorial regions after relatively modest surface temperature changes. https://t.co/aKuhEApvwE
@PeterKonings7 @IanHugh07940666 @Veritatem2021 Coral didn't survive "billions of years", similar species didn't survive the Permian. When sea levels move coral can die, grow back over thousands of years. e.g. Kiessling et al "Equatorial decline of reef c