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Global warming replacing seaweed beds with tropical corals in Japan

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And yet, some petroleum companies keep paying bought-and-paid-for scientists to say that global warming is a hoax, or that it is a good thing.

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"To protect the ecosystem, (humans) should catch fish that eat seaweed and put them on the table," he said, recommending that human beings adapt to the impact of climate change.

It’s like holding back the tide....

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So the corals around Okinawa are not in any danger of extinction but will flourish under global warming? That must be very unsettling to the pro-environmental folks. Get rid of global warming and the precious Okinawan corals will die.

There is nothing in the article that supports any of this.

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indicating that Japanese waters are being affected by global warming

Which Japanese group is politically stronger: those making their livings getting food from the sea, or those from major industries with zero regard for ways their industries' use of energy and the pollution created by their industries affect climate change.

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@goodlucktoyou

I’m a vegetarian so not good, I’m a scuba diver, good

So whether climate change is a good thing or a bad thing only depends on how it effects you directly? Wow

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Maybe Japan will one day have its own Great Barrier Reef off the East Coast?

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So global warming topics starting to heat up again? Been a while

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I’m a vegetarian so not good, I’m a scuba diver, good.

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So the corals around Okinawa are not in any danger of extinction but will flourish under global warming? That must be very unsettling to the pro-environmental folks. Get rid of global warming and the precious Okinawan corals will die.

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