According to the ‘AIMS Reef Snapshot Summer 2023-24’ report, the southern Great Barrier Reef is most at risk of coral bleaching, with Great Keppel Island one of the highest risk areas. I will be over at the island this weekend. (Subscribe for my … [Read more...] about More Ocean Temperature Data, and Explanations – One Tree Island
Temperatures
Water Temperatures, Central Great Barrier Reef & Aren’t the Oceans Warming
I was at John Brewer reef earlier in the month, and so I checked the AIMS (Australian Institute of Marine Science) water temperature data for this location. The most up-to-date information is to February 7, 2024, and has been measured at 9 metres. … [Read more...] about Water Temperatures, Central Great Barrier Reef & Aren’t the Oceans Warming
Fancy Fins Didn’t Help with the Visibility
According to the mainstream media it’s the southern Great Barrier Reef that has been hit hardest with coral bleaching, and particularly the corals in the Capricorn region that includes Great Keppel Island. I have a home in Yeppoon, which is just a … [Read more...] about Fancy Fins Didn’t Help with the Visibility
June Update. Kidding Ourselves, Temperatures, Corals, and Kings
It has been a cold start to winter here in Yeppoon, just across from Great Keppel Island that is part of the southern Great Barrier Reef. And it has also been very cold in Sydney if you believe the readings from the automatic weather stations – and … [Read more...] about June Update. Kidding Ourselves, Temperatures, Corals, and Kings
Temperatures Plummet while Turbines Scar Local Environment
I attended a conference over the weekend in Gympie in the once beautiful Mary Valley. Many of those attending were concerned about ridgelines being excavated for wind turbines, and thousands of hectares of once wooded valley being covered in solar … [Read more...] about Temperatures Plummet while Turbines Scar Local Environment
Bureau Capitulates: But Overseas Model Unlikely to Solve All Temperature Measurement Issues
It has only taken ten years, that is how long a few of us have been detailing major problems with how the Australian Bureau of Meteorology measures daily temperatures. Now, I’m informed, the Bureau are ditching the current system and looking to … [Read more...] about Bureau Capitulates: But Overseas Model Unlikely to Solve All Temperature Measurement Issues