News about Great Barrier Reef

Check out this reef at Orpheus Island pre-bleaching and during the mass #coralbleaching event on the #GreatBarrierReef ⬇️ #EcoRRAP have stitched 1000s of digital images together to understand how corals change, grow and are affected by bleaching events. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/BG0E9mfyvm

We are on course to lose up to 90% of coral reefs by 2050. 🪸 The Great Barrier Reef is now officially experiencing a global mass bleaching event accelerating this loss. 🐬🌊 Protecting sacred Sea Country is up to all of us.🖤💛❤️ Read more here: discover.wwf.org.au/reef-stories pic.twitter.com/m8xKkWeUTi

Prof Terry Hughes, a coral bleaching expert at James Cook University said unless fossil fuel emissions are cut “ASAP”, the corals of the world’s reefs will be replaced by something else, perhaps seaweed or sponges. www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/may/01/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching-crisis

In Australia, the Australian government has spent $160m over the past 5 years on hopeful inventions to save the Great Barrier Reef. So far, it hasn’t saved a single coral from mass mortality during bleaching events. pic.twitter.com/OqJMBBJxUy