i think i remember hearing that people were considering gain-of-function research on coral, specifically for temperature resistance of the little animalia that live inside the coral reefs they make, like skyscrapers. so, maybe the reefs aren’t mostly doomed?
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Replying to @BLUNDERBUSSTED
they’re still default doomed, but this might be an angle worth pursuing
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Replying to @DanielleFong
slow replacement of species with gain of function therapy colonizing already extant reefs, mby slow habituation of ecosystem instead of utter collapse idk, dangerous but what's to lose
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Replying to @BLUNDERBUSSTED @DanielleFong
"the reefs and natural ecosystem, BEAST. and our whole ethical framework" i mean, yeah. yeah.
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Replying to @BLUNDERBUSSTED
no no I’m with you. we should probably plan on doing this. COP 26 ended with “won’t someone think of the coal??”
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