Nomdean
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A school of blue tang fish swim in the waters around Bonaire. Jenny Adler for Vox |
It raised this question for me, is there anything we can do, short of putting an end to climate change, short of putting an end to emissions, to help reefs hold on? That’s how I came across Bonaire. I asked scientists to show me an example of how local actions, like putting a park around a coral reef have made it less likely to die and more resilient in the face of climate change. Bonaire is just this really quirky island, it’s very small. It’s just east of Curacao and just north of Venezuela, so super far south in the Caribbean. One thing I love about it is that on the surface, it’s like a desert — it’s super arid, there are cactuses everywhere, there are wild donkeys just wandering the streets, there are these salt flats that have flamingos. And it’s surrounded by a coral reef that is considered by many people, for most of modern history, to be the healthiest in the Caribbean. |
Tell us about the conservation efforts in Bonaire. And, there’s something else going on, too, beyond human efforts, right? |
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Crohn’s disease, a form of inflammatory bowel disease, often affects the intestines (artist’s illustration). (Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library) |
Hope for inflammatory bowel disease |
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Complex life likely arose after a pretty frosty time. |
Five Things |
living with thee think i/we will be sasfer huh/ha |
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Sorry, but those are wasps, not bees. Best not to confuse them...