Lots of Coral Reef found- wonder where it was hiding

Craig1 · Guru

Lots of Coral Reef found- wonder where it was hiding

86GTS · Senior Member

There's coral down south in Port Phillip Bay as well. smile

rgren2 · Guru

Its down at the Antarctic too. Greta will be annoyed. ;)
theconversation.com/antarctic-seas-host-a-surprising-mix-of-lifeforms-and-now-we-can-map-them-99667

dorian · Guru

How healthy is the Great Barrier Reef?

https://www.reefplan.qld.gov.au/resources/explainers/how-healthy-is-the-gbr

If the Great Barrier Reef was a person, doctors would describe it as a patient with serious chronic conditions that have to be closely monitored and managed. It wouldnt yet be in intensive care, but hospital reports would certainly describe its condition as serious and multiple treatments would be administered to assist with recovery.

Plain Truth · Guru

https://www.aims.gov.au/information-centre/news-and-stories/highest-coral-cover-central-northern-reef-36-years

-- Edited by Plain Truth on Tuesday 7th of February 2023 07:50:34 PM

-- Edited by Plain Truth on Tuesday 7th of February 2023 07:51:17 PM

dorian · Guru

Plain Truth wrote:
https://www.aims.gov.au/information-centre/news-and-stories/highest-coral-cover-central-northern-reef-36-years

Dr Hardisty said the increased frequency of mass coral bleaching events was "uncharted territory" for the Reef, with this year's bleaching event the fourth in seven years and the first to occur during a La Niña.

"In our 36 years of monitoring the condition of the Great Barrier Reef we have not seen bleaching events so close together," he said.

Every summer the Reef is at risk of temperature stress, bleaching and potentially mortality and our understanding of how the ecosystem responds to that is still developing.

"The 2020 and 2022 bleaching events, while extensive, didn't reach the intensity of the 2016 and 2017 events and, as a result, we have seen less mortality. These latest results demonstrate the Reef can still recover in periods free of intense disturbances."