If you believe Bjorn Lomborg, we have record high coral cover and we can fix climate change. Both are nonsense propositions. In fact, this last year has been devastating for many reef ecosystems because of weather events that are part of natural … [Read more...] about Cyclone Causes Increase in Coral Cover – If You Believe Their Nonsense Number
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Seeing Barren Island Corals, and Fish. Part 2
I am often reminded of the Marcus Aurelius quote: The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself on the side of the insane. And so, I am feeling some relief since I made it crystal clear to everyone … [Read more...] about Seeing Barren Island Corals, and Fish. Part 2
How Things Change – the Weather and Coral Cover
Great Keppel Island is just across the bay from Lammermoor Beach. Tuesday afternoon I could see the island so clearly, and I took a short clip of some seagulls at the beach with my iPhone. Wednesday morning visibility was terrible. It was a fog – … [Read more...] about How Things Change – the Weather and Coral Cover
Seeing Barren Island Corals – and Fish. Part 1.
I had such a good weekend, over at Great Keppel Island completing a PADI Advanced Open Water course with Hayley and Ines from Keppel Dive. We managed five dives over the two days, but I only had my camera with me for the last dive, when we dove … [Read more...] about Seeing Barren Island Corals – and Fish. Part 1.
Monitoring to Avoid Cyclone Damage – Denial. Part 3.
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.
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
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
