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Comment A take (Score 2) 136

Though anecdotal, thank you for this. I'll go further to say that my own anecdotal observations, both in captivity and in the wild, are similar to your own. I'd say that the ideal PH range is 8.05 - 8.15 and we're definitely pushing the lower end of that range right now.

https://www.epa.gov/climate-in...

But, I'll add another observation the cause of which I cannot explain with certainty. While I see bleaching, die offs, and failures to grow on many reefs attributed to temperature and acidity, I also see some reefs in the same temperature and acidity that are absolutely pristine.

I've even seen pristine reefs in waters with a PH as low as 7.95. The only difference between these reefs that immediately jumps out at me is that the pristine reefs are isolated. The pristine reefs are far away from human development and its runoff. But reefs closer to human development suffer bleaching, die-offs, and smothering algae growth, even with higher PH. In some cases pristine reefs were at the upstream(current) end of islands where all other more downstream reefs were severely degraded or completely dead.

Comment Re:NASA got cold feet? (Score 2, Interesting) 45

Yes, NASA decided that it was too difficult a mission for the time being. Budget cuts were just another convenient excuse.

When you think about the fact that NASA can't even get it's shit together enough to get the "close to home" Artemis moon mission, that was supposed have landed in 2024, going it really shouldn't be a surprise that they mothballed Europa.

Frankly I don't think that an Enceladus mission has a snowball's chance in hell either. It will cost just as much as Europa, be almost just as difficult, and has only slightly fewer hurdles like radiation and communication windows.

NASA has been a mess for years. An absolute shadow of its former self and SPaceX laid all their excuses bare.Trump budget cuts don't help NASA at all, but they do give NASA an excuse.

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