Great Barrier Reef - Dying

[New World Explorer]

Scientists: Warming water 'cooking' Great Barrier Reef

Australia has pledged more than 500 million Australian dollars ($379 miillion) to help preserve the Great Barrier Reef, in an attempt to help better protect the world heritage site from the effects of climate change.

Marine heat waves caused by global warming killed off and damaged corals in 2016. Most of the impact was along 500 miles of the northern Great Barrier Reef, its most pristine region.

'Shocking' levels of bleaching

Aerial surveys conducted in April last year showed more than two-thirds of the coral in the Barrier Reef had experienced "shocking" amounts of bleaching.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/30/asia/australia-great-barrier-reef-protection-intl/index.html

[GeordieGirl]

All I could think of when I saw this on the news yesterday was: Too little, too late.  Jehovah is going to have it organised long before your scientists have spent their however many allocated millions to work out the how to.

[Raven]

After 1,000 years of being in the new world, it will all have grown back plus expanded upon...Will be more beautiful than it has ever been.

[Greg Dent]

Wow damaged beyond repair for a few more minutes.

[Lewis]

17 hours ago, Gregexplore said:

Scientists: Warming water 'cooking' Great Barrier Reef

Australia has pledged more than 500 million Australian dollars ($379 miillion) to help preserve the Great Barrier Reef, in an attempt to help better protect the world heritage site from the effects of climate change.

Marine heat waves caused by global warming killed off and damaged corals in 2016. Most of the impact was along 500 miles of the northern Great Barrier Reef, its most pristine region.

'Shocking' levels of bleaching

Aerial surveys conducted in April last year showed more than two-thirds of the coral in the Barrier Reef had experienced "shocking" amounts of bleaching.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/30/asia/australia-great-barrier-reef-protection-intl/index.html

I believe in this report it was mentioned since that heatwave in 2016 a further 30% of corals had died.  

 

Here’s a quote from this site i read of what happens when the reefs die out. https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-all-coral-reefs-disappeared.htm

 

So what happens if the coral reefs vanish completely? Some experts predict hunger, poverty and political instability as the livelihoods of the peoples of entire countries disappear. Once the coral is dead, the reefs will also die and erode, destroying important marine life spawning and feeding grounds. Animals that rely on coral for protection and cover, such as grouper, snapper, oysters and clams, would also be negatively impacted. And because this marine life is a vital staple in many peoples' diets, the death of the coral reefs would exacerbate the problem of feeding these groups