Great Barrier Reef suffering ‘most severe’ coral bleaching on record as footage shows damage 18 metres down (www.theguardian.com)

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Ward said the impact of bleaching had been extensive across 16 sites that she visited in the reef’s southern section, affecting coral species that had usually been resistant to bleaching. Some coral had started to die, a process that usually takes weeks or months after bleaching occurs.

“I feel devastated,” she said. “I’ve been working on the reef since 1992 but this [event], I’m really struggling with.”

As do I Dr. Ward, with ever election result reinforcing the deveststation of the orthodoxy and the disregard my fellow citizens have for a livable biosphere.

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[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

“The Great Barrier Reef it ain’t so great anymore,
It’s been raped beyond belief,
The dredges treat her like a removed.”
-Courtney Barnett

this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2024

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