THIS WEBPAGE IS A DRAFT/UNDER CONSTRUCTION Britomart Reef is a mid-shelf reef 23 kilometres long and and 8 kilometres wide situated 120 kilometres north of Townsville in the central Great Barrier Reef. A study by Johnson and Cuff … [Read more...] about Britomart Reef Data Page
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Measuring Old Corals & Coral Reefs (Part 2)
Late last year, I went on an expedition in search of a type of very old coral known as massive Porites. Stuart, Shaun and I dived five very different coral reefs between Cairns and Townsville. The first was an inshore fringing coral reef to the … [Read more...] about Measuring Old Corals & Coral Reefs (Part 2)
Coral Reefs
It is often reported that the Great Barrier Reef is half dead, specifically that the corals are bleached, and the water quality is degraded with pesticides and plastics. If I didn’t know better, I might never want to visit a coral reef, lest I be … [Read more...] about Coral Reefs
Reef Heresy? And the Importance of Asking Questions
I am so privileged to have written the introduction to Peter Ridd’s new book, ‘Reef Heresy?’. In it I explain that it is of great concern to both Peter, and myself, that those who claim the Great Barrier Reef to be in terminal decline are so … [Read more...] about Reef Heresy? And the Importance of Asking Questions
Measuring Old Corals & Coral Reefs (Part 1)
Fundamental to science is measurement. It is a way of objectively assessing something, anything, even the state of a coral reef, even of an individual coral. Historically coral growth rates were measured by coring the really old massive Porites. … [Read more...] about Measuring Old Corals & Coral Reefs (Part 1)
My Second Short Film: Under the Sea at the Ribbon Reefs
During the bushfires that devastated so much of southeast Australia, before the pandemic that stopped all the travel, I had the opportunity to spend a whole week on a boat traversing the northeast edge of Australia’s continental shelf – about 60 kms … [Read more...] about My Second Short Film: Under the Sea at the Ribbon Reefs