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

Douglas Fenner douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Mon Oct 17 04:19:14 EDT 2016


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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