[Coral-List] Has the death of the Great Barrier Reef been greatly exaggerated??

Steve Mussman sealab at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 26 08:35:52 EDT 2016


I thought Mark Eakin and others did an excellent job airing out the controversy. 


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> On Oct 24, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Bill Allison <allison.billiam at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This episode of On Point goes some way to clarifying this issue. I wonder
> though, if dead corals equate to dead reef?
> http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/10/24/australia-great-barrier-reef
> 
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 4:19 AM, Douglas Fenner <
> douglasfennertassi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Here's the piece that seems to have started this debate off:
>> 
>> Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 million BC- 2016)
>> 
>> http://www.outsideonline.com/2112086/obituary-great-
>> barrier-reef-25-million-bc-2016
>> 
>> A quick search on "is the Great Barrier Reef dead" produced a myriad of
>> hits, including:
>> 
>> Great Barrier Reef obituary goes viral, to the horror of scientists.
>> 
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scientists-take-on-
>> great-barrier-reef-obituary_us_57fff8f1e4b0162c043b068f
>> ?
>> 
>> An irresponsible obituary for the Great Barrier Reef has gone viral- here's
>> what's actually going on.
>> 
>> http://www.businessinsider.com/coral-bleaching-viral-
>> obituary-what-actually-going-on-2016-10
>> 
>> The Great Barrier Reef isn't dead, in spite of its viral obituary
>> 
>> https://www.yahoo.com/news/great-barrier-reef-isnt-dead-134129631.html
>> 
>> and many more.
>> 
>> Cheers,  Doug
>> 
>> 
>> 
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