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Still got to go with animal since the polyps are animals (cnidarians, related to jellyfish and anemones). We have bacteria in our gut that form a symbiotic relationship and allow us to gain nutrients more easily, yet we are still animals. The calcium carbonate exoskeleton of the dead coral polyp allows larval coral polyps to settle, eat and grow to lay down future reef.
Some coral reefs could survive environmental changes for a very unexpected reason
This fungus attaches itself to plants and makes the soil belch carbon
So, lets go down the line: Recycling, as it is now, does not work.
Oh I do understand that they're testing.
Scientists want to test geohacking solution to global warming right now
Earth is about to belch out laughing gas (and why that's a bad thing)
Nitrous oxide is best known as the mild anesthetic laughing gas, but making people feel a bit loopy during dental surgery is the least of its effects. The gas can warm our planet 300 times faster than carbon dioxide.It may be known as a tropical paradise, an archipelago of 1,200 coral islands in the Indian Ocean. But the traditional image of the Maldives hides a dirty secret: the world's biggest rubbish island.
Environment: Paradise lost on Maldives' rubbish island | Environment
We're breaking our planet once and for all, warn scientists
I wasn't able to read the full article, but it sounds pretty similar to what I've heard many other scientists say about what is going to happen to our planet if we don't change our ways. Now my problem isn't that I'm necessarily skeptical about the changes in the bio-diversity of our planet, its more that: A) could we even fix it if we tried? B) Could these changes be for the better?Before environmental regulations, Pittsburgh looked like the capital of Hell
As soon as I saw the headline, I wondered if St. Louis was going to come up.
The comments on this article are making me lose faith in the rationality and intelligence of io9 commentors.
Global warming changes tundras into forests much faster than anyone expected
Could we build a weather machine to stop climate change?
everytime this comes up in discussion as an uncertainty, it always kinda makes me laugh at just how short sighted we are.
False. Nothing has changed in the accepted norms for text communications, except that kids these days have no damn manners.
Lies You've Been Told About the Pacific Garbage Patch
Let me make my understanding of your two arguments in this comments thread as clear as possible.