Weather Network ****s on Breitbart climate article

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Oh noes! That was terrible news. I'm sure you'll be happy to hear the Great Barrier Reef is fine.

Parts of Great Barrier Reef See Most Extensive Coral Cover In 36 Years

e360.yale.edu

Your link disagrees with your assessment.

In contrast to the upper stretches of the Great Barrier Reef, the southern third saw coral cover drop from 38 percent to 34 percent year on year. Scientists blamed the decline on an outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish, which prey on corals. The starfish grow faster and eat more in warmer, more acidic waters, and carbon emissions are both raising ocean temperatures and turning waters more acidic.

In areas where coral cover expanded, it was mostly fast-growing Acropora corals driving the growth, a potentially troubling prospect given that Acropora are particularly vulnerable to strong waves generated by tropical cyclones, highly susceptible to bleaching, and the preferred target of crown-of-thorns starfish.

 

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Oh noes! That was terrible news. I'm sure you'll be happy to hear the Great Barrier Reef is fine.

Parts of Great Barrier Reef See Most Extensive Coral Cover In 36 Years

e360.yale.edu

A little closer to home the water temperature is also really warm, and the coral here is also doing great.

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Totally, the ocean's never been better.