The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its 5th mass coral mortality in 8 years, prompting an increase in tourist inquiries about the bleaching tragedy. Government scientists are conducting in-water and aerial surveys to assess the damage, but there's skepticism about the delay in results, labeled as an 'Exaggerated, media avoidance strategy'. This year's bleaching event, affecting both southern and northern regions, includes heat-tolerant species like Porites. The crisis is part of a broader impact of climate change on marine ecosystems, with similar events reported in the Caribbean and efforts in Thailand to save reefs. Criticism has been directed at the response to the crisis, with calls to phase out fossil fuel exports.
Scientists are fighting to save Thailand's expansive reefs from degradation driven by warming oceans and human activity like tourism. https://t.co/unv446QTR5
Most of the island of Nyangai, in Sierra Leone, has disappeared in the past decade as the ocean rises around it. Tommy Trenchard reports on what life is like for those remaining, for @HakaiMagazine: https://t.co/j1KuVPI35c
A logical response to the current mass coral mortality on the #GreatBarrierReef would be to phase out exports of fossil fuels. Instead, we get this crap.... https://t.co/QQXr15RgZL
A thread on downplaying the 5th mass coral mortality on the #GreatBarrierReef in 8 years: 1. Bleaching happened in Florida too 2. The Reef is the size of Italy, some parts are bound to be OK 3. Some bleached corals might survive 4. We won't know if it's serious for months https://t.co/YPhtXUO13u
Six months after an extreme marine heat wave, Caribbean corals are still suffering. Like recuperation after a long illness, recovery could take a while, @HakaiMagazine reports: https://t.co/SQrpOFXNF1
Academy of Sciences raising sea stars whose population was devastated during ocean heat wave https://t.co/VJHvk5tScE https://t.co/toziPI5Ybm
Heron Island: This bleached coral, called Porites, is slow-growing, old, and usually heat-tolerant compared to branching and table corals. It’s increasingly clear that this bleaching event is widespread and severe in both southern and northern regions of the #GreatBarrierReef. https://t.co/nO8YKuLWPA https://t.co/d8ockd1irv
Why didn’t anyone tell us that mass coral bleaching would get worse as the climate continues to heat up? From 2018….. https://t.co/EV1mmI4MuI
“Government scientists were this week carrying out in-water & aerial surveys to assess the bleaching across the whole reef, but it could be weeks, or even months, before there’s a clear picture of how severe this year has been.” Fact-check: Exaggerated, media avoidance strategy https://t.co/d8ockd1irv
From me - ‘Tourists ask a lot of questions’: Great Barrier Reef guides face up to bleaching tragedy https://t.co/HHMbp6FHLf
‘Tourists ask a lot of questions’: Great Barrier Reef guides face up to bleaching tragedy https://t.co/znOGPprQhi