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- Great Barrier Reef in record coral cover but 97% of Australians don’t know it Mon, 24 Apr 23, 3:26amBy Jo Nova Only 3% of Australians know the true state of the Reef! Ten years ago, coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef hit record lows. The news has been full of dire reports of bleaching ever since, but quietly, a phenomenal...
- Despite all that CO2, the world’s corals are doing OK Thu, 9 Feb 23, 7:17amBy Jo Nova Dr Peter Ridd compiled the statistics on coral reefs around the world, and even though China has installed a million megawatts of coal fired power in the last twenty years, there’s no evidence that corals...
- Corals covered the Australian desert once – maybe they’ll grow back if we screw in the right light globes? Sun, 11 Sep 22, 12:54amThe remnants of a long gone coral reef are not in the water here, but on top of the cliff. This is what real climate change looks like:
- It’s almost like corals have been doing this for millions of years. 90% bleached but recovered in just two years? Fri, 2 Sep 22, 4:52amIt’s like a team of obsessive compulsive scientists turned up to capture a magic show in slow-mo
- Climate Change causes record coral cover — What if we get too many reefs? Thu, 4 Aug 22, 9:38pmThe new AIMS annual survey is in with the shocking result that not only was last year a record, but this year is even better. There is more coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef than ever recorded. We’ve had four bleaching...
- What climate disaster? The Great Barrier Reef has more coral growing on it than ever recorded Sat, 24 Jul 21, 3:52amThe coral cover as sampled by AIMS across the entire Great Barrier Reef is not just good, but better than it has ever been in the 36 years they have been studying it...
- Corals bleached in 1862 by all the cars and coal plants that didn’t exist Wed, 30 Jun 21, 1:21amPeter Ridd writes that a new paper uncovers rare lithographs of corals underwater in 1862.
- Using “Enviromentalism” and the UN as a trade weapon: China fires fake “Reef Scare” missile Tue, 22 Jun 21, 3:52amFlynn Reef, Queensland, Photo by Wise Hok Wai Lum Ever since Australia asked for an investigation into the source of Covid, China has been accidentally-on-purpose sticking pins into our trade deals...
- All reefs look dead from a plane — Great Barrier Reef still alive underwater Wed, 10 Mar 21, 4:01pmCan you spot a dead coral from 120 meters in the air? The media and academic experts keep telling us the reef is dead. Jen Marohasy points out that the death of the Great Barrier Reef was diagnosed from the sky, so she had...
- Measuring Old Corals & Coral Reefs (Part 2) Fri, 22 Jan 21, 1:00pmOnce upon a time, the scientists drilled into the corals and extracted a core from which they created a slither. Then, under x-ray, they counted the annual bands with the varying lengths and thicknesses of each band being...
- Yet more footage of Great Barrier dying reef not dying Thu, 1 Oct 20, 3:57pmJen Marohasy went hunting for bleached coral: What is the true state of the Great Barrier Reef? … In January 2020, Emmy Award winning cameraman Clint Hempsall, and IPA Senior Fellow Jennifer Marohasy decided to find...
- Exact climate data from the past Wed, 12 Aug 20, 7:00pmCorals precipitate their calcareous skeletons (calcium carbonate) from seawater. Over thousands of years, vast coral reefs form due to the deposition of this calcium carbonate. During precipitation, corals prefer carbonate...
- HKU marine biologist and international team unveil impacts of heatwave on reef fishes Tue, 24 Mar 20, 4:00amThe University of Hong Kong The marine heatwave of 2016 was one of longest and hottest thermal anomalies recorded on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, influencing multiple species of marine ectotherms, including coral...
- Scandalously Bad Science – No Data on Coral Growth Rates for 15 Years Fri, 3 Jan 20, 5:00amReposed by request from Jennifer Marohasy’s Blog January 2, 2020 By jennifer CORALS are animals, closely related to jelly fish, but they differ in having a limestone skeleton...
- Great Barrier Reef lives, misrepresents The Guardian and Expert who said corals were dead Fri, 22 Nov 19, 5:13amStone Island is the reef that put Peter Ridd’s career on the road to the high court. Last week Jennifer Marohasy released a mini documentary showing corals around Stone Island that weren’t supposed to be there....