95% Of Northern Great Barrier Reef Bleached In Weeks; Of 520 Reefs Surveyed, 4 Were Undamaged

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Powerful report from Australian Broadcasting about damage to the Great Barrier reef, currently being observed. It’s one of the most widely predicted consequences of a warming, acidifying ocean. Spokesmen for climate denying politicians were quoted as saying, “This is not happening.” See below.

An aerial survey of the northern Great Barrier Reef has shown that 95 per cent of the reefs are now severely bleached — far worse than previously thought. Professor Terry Hughes, a coral reef expert based at James Cook University in Townsville who led the survey team, said the situation is now critical.

“This will change the Great Barrier Reef forever,” Professor Hughes told 7.30. “We’re seeing huge levels of bleaching in the northern thousand-kilometre stretch of the Great Barrier Reef.”

Of the 520 reefs he surveyed, only four showed no evidence of bleaching. From Cairns to the Torres Strait, the once colourful ribbons of reef are a ghostly white.

“It’s too early to tell precisely how many of the bleached coral will die, but judging from the extreme level even the most robust corals are snow white, I’d expect to see about half of those corals die in the coming month or so,” Professor Hughes said.

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http://climatecrocks.com/2016/03/28/extreme-coral-bleaching-in-great-barrier-reef/

[Nihil]

1. "I know how to protect it ..."

"... dredge a channel through it so that we can have bigger coal ships
and dump all the silt & other debris (dead creatures) on the reef to
insulate it from that nasty hot water!"