Everyone please stop blaming coral bleaching on climate change. Nitrogen run-off from farming is the main cause. We need to reduce nitrogen enrichment in farming, which will lead to lower yields and lower profits (or, more likely, higher prices). But blaming climate change here is an egregious example of green washing which will prevent or delay resolving the real issue. Stop it. Please.<p>"Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment is often associated with coral reef decline. Consequently, there is a large consent that increased nutrient influxes in reef waters have negative longterm consequences for corals"
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343513001917" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187734351...</a><p>"Increased loadings of nitrogen (N) from fertilizers, top soil, sewage, and atmospheric deposition are important drivers of eutrophication in coastal waters globally. Monitoring seawater and macroalgae can reveal long-term changes in N and phosphorus (P) availability and N:P stoichiometry that are critical to understanding the global crisis of coral reef decline"
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-019-3538-9" rel="nofollow">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-019-3538-9</a>