{"id":4364,"date":"2018-11-11T05:44:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T09:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/?p=4364"},"modified":"2018-11-11T05:44:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T09:44:07","slug":"will-we-still-have-coral-reefs-100-years-from-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/?p=4364","title":{"rendered":"Will we still have coral reefs 100 years from now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Huntsman-Award-Lecture-Terry-Hughes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Huntsman-Award-Lecture-Terry-Hughes-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Huntsman-Award-Lecture-Terry-Hughes-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Huntsman-Award-Lecture-Terry-Hughes.jpg 582w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>Since 1980, most coral reefs have experienced at least three episodes of coral bleaching, triggered by global warming. Mass mortality of corals due to bleaching represents a radical shift in the disturbance of tropical reefs, representing a fundamental challenge to the long-term future of these iconic ecosystems. In this talk, Professor Terry Hughes \u2014 this year&#8217;s A.G. Huntsman Award recipient for Excellence in Marine Sciences \u2014 will answer that question during a special, free lecture:<br \/>\n\u00b7       Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, 7 pm<br \/>\n\u00b7       Ondaatje Hall, Marion McCain Building, 6135 University Avenue, Halifax<br \/>\n\u00b7       Wine and cheese reception to follow<br \/>\n\u00b7       All are welcome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1980, most coral reefs have experienced at least three episodes of coral bleaching, triggered by global warming. Mass mortality of corals due to bleaching represents a radical shift in the disturbance of tropical reefs, representing a fundamental challenge to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/?p=4364\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4366,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364\/revisions\/4366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halifaxfieldnaturalists.ca\/hfnWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}