It is purportedly the intension of The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), specifically their Long Term Monitoring program, to detect changes in reef communities at a number of different scales including at the scale of the individual … [Read more...] about Monitoring to Avoid Cyclone Damage – Denial. Part 3.
Archives for June 2024
Denying the Reef Crest – Before and After the Cyclone
I first visited John Brewer Reef on 10th April 2022, it was being reported in newspapers around the world as badly bleached – part of a sixth mass coral bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef. I had expected to find stark white corals, instead I found … [Read more...] about Denying the Reef Crest – Before and After the Cyclone
Denying the Most Precious – Natural Cycles (Part 1)
Is it possible to ever celebrate regrowth, without first acknowledging injury? For sure it can happen, coral reefs can bleach, and they can be destroyed by cyclones – and they can regenerate. John Brewer reef as an ecosystem was approaching climax, … [Read more...] about Denying the Most Precious – Natural Cycles (Part 1)
Anemones Push Through Collapsed Corals
Many of the hard corals fringing the Keppel Islands bleached stark white last summer. Specifically, the fields of branching Acropora spp. went stark white. This was likely caused by a combination of high-water temperatures, low tides and no wind. I … [Read more...] about Anemones Push Through Collapsed Corals
Acknowledging the Sun at Solstice, and Maybe Even the Wind
I am planning to go scuba diving this weekend across the bay from Yeppoon, to see how the corals are faring at Great Keppel Island – after the very significant coral bleaching this last summer. I shall be wearing a thicker wetsuit than I was in … [Read more...] about Acknowledging the Sun at Solstice, and Maybe Even the Wind
Hierarchies of Nonsense, the Reef and Sugarcane
We learn things through experience and by association. When people whom we respect repeat nonsense over and over then we will tend to come to believe this information – even if it makes no sense, and especially if we have no first-hand experience … [Read more...] about Hierarchies of Nonsense, the Reef and Sugarcane
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
