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- What Corals Can Tell Us About Climate Change Tue, 29 Jun 21, 7:00am“The public and politicians have been conditioned to associate ‘climate change’ with the destructive behaviour of generations of humans since the onset of the industrial revolution about 130 years ago...
- The Injustice of Blowing-Up Turtles, for Convenience Tue, 8 Jun 21, 11:00amReposted from Jennifer Marohasy’s Blog June 8, 2021 By jennifer It is World Ocean Day, an opportunity to learn more about the Great Barrier Reef and also artificial reefs in the Gulf…
- Measuring Old Corals & Coral Reefs (Part 2) Fri, 22 Jan 21, 1:00pmOnce upon a time, the scientists drilled into the corals and extracted a core from which they created a slither. Then, under x-ray, they counted the annual bands with the varying lengths and thicknesses of each band being...
- Reef Heresy? And the Importance of Asking Questions Mon, 21 Dec 20, 5:00pmI 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...
- Gardens of Old Porites, Without Sharks Tue, 15 Dec 20, 1:00amIt 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...
- Measuring Old Corals & Coral Reefs (Part 1) Mon, 30 Nov 20, 9:00amMost media reports, based on extensive aerial surveys by his one-time colleague Terry Hughes, conclude that the reef is variously 50% or 60% dead from coral bleaching as a direct consequence of global warming...
- Scandalously Bad Science – No Data on Coral Growth Rates for 15 Years Fri, 3 Jan 20, 5:00amReposed by request from Jennifer Marohasy’s Blog January 2, 2020 By jennifer CORALS are animals, closely related to jelly fish, but they differ in having a limestone skeleton...