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1. GBR is doing fine

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Wed Aug 7, 2024, 12:46 PM

Aug 2024

Northern and Central GBR are at the highest recorded hard coral levels since monitoring began 38 years ago. The Southern GBR is the 4th highest recorded coral. Impact of bleaching still has to be determined, but the worst reductions in coral in the past have mostly come from cyclones and Crown of Thorns starfish. Bleaching has had little long term effect on the coral cover unless there's actual mortality.

https://www.aims.gov.au/monitoring-great-barrier-reef/gbr-condition-summary-2023-24

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Reuters: Hottest oceans in 400 years endanger Great Barrier Reef, scientists say [View all] OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 OP

GBR is doing fine OnlinePoker Aug 2024 #1

Call me naive, I trust university scientists more than government agencies OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 #2

And here's part 1 of the rest of the report summary (emphases added). hatrack Aug 2024 #3