{"id":35767,"date":"2023-11-11T09:20:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T08:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/coral-reefs-in-the-remote-pacific-areas-resist-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T00:32:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T23:32:54","slug":"coral-reefs-in-the-remote-pacific-areas-resist-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/en\/coral-reefs-in-the-remote-pacific-areas-resist-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Coral reefs in the remote Pacific areas resist climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The reefs have been affected by global warming, but have recovered due to the marine protected areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A scientific expedition team has discovered that in more remote areas of the Pacific Ocean, coral reefs are resistant to climate change. “When you have an intact ecosystem, nature has the capacity to recover on its own,” said Alan Friedlander, the expedition’s chief scientist, at a press conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

The expedition is part of National Geographic’s Pristine Seas program, which has provided more than 40 expeditions in 30 locations since 2008. In the Pacific, scientists have been conducting extended dives to cover all the sites, where they distribute cameras and collect data for analysis. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the most remote areas, the abundance of fish (due to marine protected areas) helps explain the corals’ resilience. Enric Sala, founder of the program and explorer for the National Geographic Society<\/a>, mentioned that in the Marshall Islands there are fish capable of producing around 5,000 kilos of sand every year through, for example, excrement. This sand “protects the coastline from storms, waves and rising sea levels”.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the major concerns in these places is illegal fishing. Thousands of boats make up a deep-sea fishing fleet, but they face little regulation. These vessels are responsible for producing a significant amount of debris, including fishing nets and various types of plastic that end up on the reefs.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of the research, one of the objectives is to pass on the results of the expedition to the locals, so that they can continue to protect the ecosystems.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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She could have studied Meteorology and Oceanography but ended up going for Communication. And that's fine because if they don't get their weather predictions right, she wouldn't be the one to change that. She started by looking for sustainable ideas and projects for her university, and since then, she has never stopped (who stops, really?). She loves to watch tv shows, but she watches few because she is demanding. You don't need much to convince her to embrace new, \"greener\" habits and challenges.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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You can see more of Sofia's articles here.<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t
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This article addresses an action that promotes the adoption of urgent measures to fight climate change and its impacts<\/strong>. SDG 13 also aims to improve education on climate change mitigation and impact reduction.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\"\u27a1\ufe0f\" To discover businesses that are actively working to contribute to this Sustainable Development Goal, click here<\/a>.<\/h5>\n
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The reefs have been affected by global warming, but have recovered due to the marine protected areas. A scientific expedition team has discovered that in more remote areas of the Pacific Ocean, coral reefs are resistant to climate change. “When you have an intact ecosystem, nature has the capacity to recover on its own,” said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[540],"tags":[3150,3625,620,3626,3624,3008,2117,3009],"class_list":["post-35767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-climate-change","tag-coral-en","tag-oceans","tag-pacific","tag-reefs","tag-sdg-13","tag-sofia-vila-flor-en","tag-sustainable-development-goal-13"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peggada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}