It is no coincidence that the latest Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) report claiming record high coral cover was released on the same day the net zero legislation passed the lower house of the Australian Parliament, on 4th August 2022. … [Read more...] about Good News About Corals – As Legislation Introduced to Devastate Farming
Great Barrier Reef
Latest Survey of ‘Coral Cover’ Fundamentally Unscientific
According to the latest Australian Institute of Marine Science report, there is record coral cover at the Great Barrier Reef. Yet this is less than 30 percent at about half of the reefs surveyed. The relatively low percentage cover is … [Read more...] about Latest Survey of ‘Coral Cover’ Fundamentally Unscientific
Experts with Money Ignorant of Corals – Part 4: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
I suspect Mike Emslie and crew from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) didn’t report on the colourful bleaching at John Brewer Reef on 6th March 2022 because they didn’t see any. They were tasked with reporting on bleaching during … [Read more...] about Experts with Money Ignorant of Corals – Part 4: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
Stonewalling on Contradictory Results – Part 3: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have been tasked with reporting on the state of the corals and coral cover at the Great Barrier Reef. They surveyed John Brewer Reef by underwater manta tow in March 2022, made no mention of any … [Read more...] about Stonewalling on Contradictory Results – Part 3: John Brewer Reef Fact Check
Knowing the Great Barrier Reef – Two New Short Documentaries
It is a risk, and it is expensive, deciding to make a film about something way offshore and underwater. I’ve done it twice now – with both films showing at the New Farm Cinemas (701 Brunswick Street) in Brisbane on Sunday July 24 at 2:00 PM. … [Read more...] about Knowing the Great Barrier Reef – Two New Short Documentaries
Rebels to the Coral Reef Cause (Part 5)
One of the participants on the IPA Reef Rebels' tour said to me earlier this week, ‘But there is only one narrative, Jen’. It was during one of our wide-ranging dinner discussions about perspectives and politics and the Great Barrier Reef. The … [Read more...] about Rebels to the Coral Reef Cause (Part 5)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
