95% of Great Barrier Reef, norther section, bleached

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Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching hits "extreme level"

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Bleached staghorn coral with damselfish in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

J.RUMMER/ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CORAL REEF STUDIES
Coral bleaching -- a phenomenon that can result in the widespread die-off of coral life -- is a serious problem facing the world's oceans, and according to a new aerial survey of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 95 percent of the reef's northern section is now bleached, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.

The aerial survey, conducted by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, came after researchers found unprecedented levels of bleaching from extensive underwater studies of the reef.

One of the researchers, Jodie Rummer, returned from more than a month spent at the Lizard Island Research Station in the northern part of the reef and said she was shocked by what she saw.


26 PHOTOS
The deteriorating Great Barrier Reef
"I witnessed a sight underwater that no marine biologist, and no person with a love and appreciation for the natural world for that matter, wants to see," Rummer said in a university press release.

She had been conducting research on the island since January 2012.

"The bleaching now is not just restricted to the hard corals," she said. "There's also extensive bleaching in the soft corals, and it is also affecting anemones and giant clams."

What exactly is coral bleaching? It occurs when unusual environmental conditions, like increased sea temperatures, result in corals expelling small photosynthetic algae -- zooxanthellae -- which normally provide oxygen and nutrients. The loss leaves the corals to turn white. The corals are able to recover if temperatures drop and the structures can then be re-settled by zooxanthellae. But otherwise the corals will die.

It is one of the more visible, worrying results of climate change on the world's oceans.

Terry Hughes, who led the study, told the broadcasting company "it is too early" to determine how many of the bleached corals observed in the aerial survey will die, but he didn't sound optimistic.

"Judging from the extreme level even the most robust corals are snow white," he said. "I'd expect to see about half of those corals die in the coming month or so."

 

[eagle1462010]

 

[TheOldSchool]

Hey Jesus is coming soon so the world doesn't matter and whatever struggles the planet or its people face are irrelevant. Earthly matters are not that important and we should be prioritizing our eternity in the afterlife instead. Vote Republican. Fuck the Earth, if we hate the right things and don't care about the planet we'll be rewarded with eternal gifts.

 

[Two Thumbs]

I suggest the aussies do something about it.

like demand we pay for it

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching hits "extreme level"

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Bleached staghorn coral with damselfish in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

J.RUMMER/ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CORAL REEF STUDIES
Coral bleaching -- a phenomenon that can result in the widespread die-off of coral life -- is a serious problem facing the world's oceans, and according to a new aerial survey of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 95 percent of the reef's northern section is now bleached, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.

The aerial survey, conducted by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, came after researchers found unprecedented levels of bleaching from extensive underwater studies of the reef.

One of the researchers, Jodie Rummer, returned from more than a month spent at the Lizard Island Research Station in the northern part of the reef and said she was shocked by what she saw.


26 PHOTOS
The deteriorating Great Barrier Reef
"I witnessed a sight underwater that no marine biologist, and no person with a love and appreciation for the natural world for that matter, wants to see," Rummer said in a university press release.

She had been conducting research on the island since January 2012.

"The bleaching now is not just restricted to the hard corals," she said. "There's also extensive bleaching in the soft corals, and it is also affecting anemones and giant clams."

What exactly is coral bleaching? It occurs when unusual environmental conditions, like increased sea temperatures, result in corals expelling small photosynthetic algae -- zooxanthellae -- which normally provide oxygen and nutrients. The loss leaves the corals to turn white. The corals are able to recover if temperatures drop and the structures can then be re-settled by zooxanthellae. But otherwise the corals will die.

It is one of the more visible, worrying results of climate change on the world's oceans.

Terry Hughes, who led the study, told the broadcasting company "it is too early" to determine how many of the bleached corals observed in the aerial survey will die, but he didn't sound optimistic.

"Judging from the extreme level even the most robust corals are snow white," he said. "I'd expect to see about half of those corals die in the coming month or so."

They need to build more windmills, to blow the extra CO2 away from the reef.
That should also help cool the water. With all the extra evaporation.
Of course the extra water vapor will only raise the temperature of the planet.

I guess we'll never get the climate to stop changing.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching hits "extreme level"

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Bleached staghorn coral with damselfish in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

J.RUMMER/ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CORAL REEF STUDIES
Coral bleaching -- a phenomenon that can result in the widespread die-off of coral life -- is a serious problem facing the world's oceans, and according to a new aerial survey of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 95 percent of the reef's northern section is now bleached, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.

The aerial survey, conducted by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, came after researchers found unprecedented levels of bleaching from extensive underwater studies of the reef.

One of the researchers, Jodie Rummer, returned from more than a month spent at the Lizard Island Research Station in the northern part of the reef and said she was shocked by what she saw.


26 PHOTOS
The deteriorating Great Barrier Reef
"I witnessed a sight underwater that no marine biologist, and no person with a love and appreciation for the natural world for that matter, wants to see," Rummer said in a university press release.

She had been conducting research on the island since January 2012.

"The bleaching now is not just restricted to the hard corals," she said. "There's also extensive bleaching in the soft corals, and it is also affecting anemones and giant clams."

What exactly is coral bleaching? It occurs when unusual environmental conditions, like increased sea temperatures, result in corals expelling small photosynthetic algae -- zooxanthellae -- which normally provide oxygen and nutrients. The loss leaves the corals to turn white. The corals are able to recover if temperatures drop and the structures can then be re-settled by zooxanthellae. But otherwise the corals will die.

It is one of the more visible, worrying results of climate change on the world's oceans.

Terry Hughes, who led the study, told the broadcasting company "it is too early" to determine how many of the bleached corals observed in the aerial survey will die, but he didn't sound optimistic.

"Judging from the extreme level even the most robust corals are snow white," he said. "I'd expect to see about half of those corals die in the coming month or so."

They need to build more windmills, to blow the extra CO2 away from the reef.
That should also help cool the water. With all the extra evaporation.
Of course the extra water vapor will only raise the temperature of the planet.

I guess we'll never get the climate to stop changing.

Extra water vapor will raise the temperature of the planet? Get a job you hippy. Humans have no impact on anything. We'll be raptured soon anyways.

 

[eagle1462010]

Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching hits "extreme level"

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Bleached staghorn coral with damselfish in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

J.RUMMER/ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CORAL REEF STUDIES
Coral bleaching -- a phenomenon that can result in the widespread die-off of coral life -- is a serious problem facing the world's oceans, and according to a new aerial survey of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 95 percent of the reef's northern section is now bleached, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.

The aerial survey, conducted by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, came after researchers found unprecedented levels of bleaching from extensive underwater studies of the reef.

One of the researchers, Jodie Rummer, returned from more than a month spent at the Lizard Island Research Station in the northern part of the reef and said she was shocked by what she saw.


26 PHOTOS
The deteriorating Great Barrier Reef
"I witnessed a sight underwater that no marine biologist, and no person with a love and appreciation for the natural world for that matter, wants to see," Rummer said in a university press release.

She had been conducting research on the island since January 2012.

"The bleaching now is not just restricted to the hard corals," she said. "There's also extensive bleaching in the soft corals, and it is also affecting anemones and giant clams."

What exactly is coral bleaching? It occurs when unusual environmental conditions, like increased sea temperatures, result in corals expelling small photosynthetic algae -- zooxanthellae -- which normally provide oxygen and nutrients. The loss leaves the corals to turn white. The corals are able to recover if temperatures drop and the structures can then be re-settled by zooxanthellae. But otherwise the corals will die.

It is one of the more visible, worrying results of climate change on the world's oceans.

Terry Hughes, who led the study, told the broadcasting company "it is too early" to determine how many of the bleached corals observed in the aerial survey will die, but he didn't sound optimistic.

"Judging from the extreme level even the most robust corals are snow white," he said. "I'd expect to see about half of those corals die in the coming month or so."

They need to build more windmills, to blow the extra CO2 away from the reef.
That should also help cool the water. With all the extra evaporation.
Of course the extra water vapor will only raise the temperature of the planet.

I guess we'll never get the climate to stop changing.

Easier solution.........they should hold their breath for a very long time.........and stop emitting those evil gases..........

Save the Reef.............hold your breath.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching hits "extreme level"

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Bleached staghorn coral with damselfish in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

J.RUMMER/ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CORAL REEF STUDIES
Coral bleaching -- a phenomenon that can result in the widespread die-off of coral life -- is a serious problem facing the world's oceans, and according to a new aerial survey of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 95 percent of the reef's northern section is now bleached, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.

The aerial survey, conducted by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, came after researchers found unprecedented levels of bleaching from extensive underwater studies of the reef.

One of the researchers, Jodie Rummer, returned from more than a month spent at the Lizard Island Research Station in the northern part of the reef and said she was shocked by what she saw.


26 PHOTOS
The deteriorating Great Barrier Reef
"I witnessed a sight underwater that no marine biologist, and no person with a love and appreciation for the natural world for that matter, wants to see," Rummer said in a university press release.

She had been conducting research on the island since January 2012.

"The bleaching now is not just restricted to the hard corals," she said. "There's also extensive bleaching in the soft corals, and it is also affecting anemones and giant clams."

What exactly is coral bleaching? It occurs when unusual environmental conditions, like increased sea temperatures, result in corals expelling small photosynthetic algae -- zooxanthellae -- which normally provide oxygen and nutrients. The loss leaves the corals to turn white. The corals are able to recover if temperatures drop and the structures can then be re-settled by zooxanthellae. But otherwise the corals will die.

It is one of the more visible, worrying results of climate change on the world's oceans.

Terry Hughes, who led the study, told the broadcasting company "it is too early" to determine how many of the bleached corals observed in the aerial survey will die, but he didn't sound optimistic.

"Judging from the extreme level even the most robust corals are snow white," he said. "I'd expect to see about half of those corals die in the coming month or so."

They need to build more windmills, to blow the extra CO2 away from the reef.
That should also help cool the water. With all the extra evaporation.
Of course the extra water vapor will only raise the temperature of the planet.

I guess we'll never get the climate to stop changing.

Extra water vapor will raise the temperature of the planet? Get a job you hippy. Humans have no impact on anything. We'll be raptured soon anyways.

Extra water vapor will raise the temperature of the planet?

Yeah, it's one of those greenhouse gasses that will melt the planet and kill us all.

Humans have no impact on anything.

It's not humans, it's the sun and the ocean. Trying to kill us.
The only hope we have is more windmills.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching hits "extreme level"

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Bleached staghorn coral with damselfish in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

J.RUMMER/ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CORAL REEF STUDIES
Coral bleaching -- a phenomenon that can result in the widespread die-off of coral life -- is a serious problem facing the world's oceans, and according to a new aerial survey of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 95 percent of the reef's northern section is now bleached, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.

The aerial survey, conducted by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, came after researchers found unprecedented levels of bleaching from extensive underwater studies of the reef.

One of the researchers, Jodie Rummer, returned from more than a month spent at the Lizard Island Research Station in the northern part of the reef and said she was shocked by what she saw.


26 PHOTOS
The deteriorating Great Barrier Reef
"I witnessed a sight underwater that no marine biologist, and no person with a love and appreciation for the natural world for that matter, wants to see," Rummer said in a university press release.

She had been conducting research on the island since January 2012.

"The bleaching now is not just restricted to the hard corals," she said. "There's also extensive bleaching in the soft corals, and it is also affecting anemones and giant clams."

What exactly is coral bleaching? It occurs when unusual environmental conditions, like increased sea temperatures, result in corals expelling small photosynthetic algae -- zooxanthellae -- which normally provide oxygen and nutrients. The loss leaves the corals to turn white. The corals are able to recover if temperatures drop and the structures can then be re-settled by zooxanthellae. But otherwise the corals will die.

It is one of the more visible, worrying results of climate change on the world's oceans.

Terry Hughes, who led the study, told the broadcasting company "it is too early" to determine how many of the bleached corals observed in the aerial survey will die, but he didn't sound optimistic.

"Judging from the extreme level even the most robust corals are snow white," he said. "I'd expect to see about half of those corals die in the coming month or so."

Because climate change??

Lol

 

[Alex.]

"The corals are able to recover if temperatures drop and the structures can then be re-settled by zooxanthellae."

We need to leave the earth alone to get its "health" back

 

[TheOldSchool]

Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching hits "extreme level"

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Bleached staghorn coral with damselfish in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

J.RUMMER/ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CORAL REEF STUDIES
Coral bleaching -- a phenomenon that can result in the widespread die-off of coral life -- is a serious problem facing the world's oceans, and according to a new aerial survey of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 95 percent of the reef's northern section is now bleached, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.

The aerial survey, conducted by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, came after researchers found unprecedented levels of bleaching from extensive underwater studies of the reef.

One of the researchers, Jodie Rummer, returned from more than a month spent at the Lizard Island Research Station in the northern part of the reef and said she was shocked by what she saw.


26 PHOTOS
The deteriorating Great Barrier Reef
"I witnessed a sight underwater that no marine biologist, and no person with a love and appreciation for the natural world for that matter, wants to see," Rummer said in a university press release.

She had been conducting research on the island since January 2012.

"The bleaching now is not just restricted to the hard corals," she said. "There's also extensive bleaching in the soft corals, and it is also affecting anemones and giant clams."

What exactly is coral bleaching? It occurs when unusual environmental conditions, like increased sea temperatures, result in corals expelling small photosynthetic algae -- zooxanthellae -- which normally provide oxygen and nutrients. The loss leaves the corals to turn white. The corals are able to recover if temperatures drop and the structures can then be re-settled by zooxanthellae. But otherwise the corals will die.

It is one of the more visible, worrying results of climate change on the world's oceans.

Terry Hughes, who led the study, told the broadcasting company "it is too early" to determine how many of the bleached corals observed in the aerial survey will die, but he didn't sound optimistic.

"Judging from the extreme level even the most robust corals are snow white," he said. "I'd expect to see about half of those corals die in the coming month or so."

They need to build more windmills, to blow the extra CO2 away from the reef.
That should also help cool the water. With all the extra evaporation.
Of course the extra water vapor will only raise the temperature of the planet.

I guess we'll never get the climate to stop changing.

Extra water vapor will raise the temperature of the planet? Get a job you hippy. Humans have no impact on anything. We'll be raptured soon anyways.

Extra water vapor will raise the temperature of the planet?

Yeah, it's one of those greenhouse gasses that will melt the planet and kill us all.

Humans have no impact on anything.

It's not humans, it's the sun and the ocean. Trying to kill us.
The only hope we have is more windmills.

Windmills? You hippy. Humans can't impact anything. Whatever happens is Gawd's will.

 

[eagle1462010]

Some of us are preparing......

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching hits "extreme level"

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Bleached staghorn coral with damselfish in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

J.RUMMER/ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CORAL REEF STUDIES
Coral bleaching -- a phenomenon that can result in the widespread die-off of coral life -- is a serious problem facing the world's oceans, and according to a new aerial survey of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 95 percent of the reef's northern section is now bleached, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports.

The aerial survey, conducted by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, came after researchers found unprecedented levels of bleaching from extensive underwater studies of the reef.

One of the researchers, Jodie Rummer, returned from more than a month spent at the Lizard Island Research Station in the northern part of the reef and said she was shocked by what she saw.


26 PHOTOS
The deteriorating Great Barrier Reef
"I witnessed a sight underwater that no marine biologist, and no person with a love and appreciation for the natural world for that matter, wants to see," Rummer said in a university press release.

She had been conducting research on the island since January 2012.

"The bleaching now is not just restricted to the hard corals," she said. "There's also extensive bleaching in the soft corals, and it is also affecting anemones and giant clams."

What exactly is coral bleaching? It occurs when unusual environmental conditions, like increased sea temperatures, result in corals expelling small photosynthetic algae -- zooxanthellae -- which normally provide oxygen and nutrients. The loss leaves the corals to turn white. The corals are able to recover if temperatures drop and the structures can then be re-settled by zooxanthellae. But otherwise the corals will die.

It is one of the more visible, worrying results of climate change on the world's oceans.

Terry Hughes, who led the study, told the broadcasting company "it is too early" to determine how many of the bleached corals observed in the aerial survey will die, but he didn't sound optimistic.

"Judging from the extreme level even the most robust corals are snow white," he said. "I'd expect to see about half of those corals die in the coming month or so."

They need to build more windmills, to blow the extra CO2 away from the reef.
That should also help cool the water. With all the extra evaporation.
Of course the extra water vapor will only raise the temperature of the planet.

I guess we'll never get the climate to stop changing.

Extra water vapor will raise the temperature of the planet? Get a job you hippy. Humans have no impact on anything. We'll be raptured soon anyways.

Extra water vapor will raise the temperature of the planet?

Yeah, it's one of those greenhouse gasses that will melt the planet and kill us all.

Humans have no impact on anything.

It's not humans, it's the sun and the ocean. Trying to kill us.
The only hope we have is more windmills.

Windmills? You hippy. Humans can't impact anything. Whatever happens is Gawd's will.

Windmills won't save us? Then why do liberals want to waste money building them?

 

[sealybobo]

Hey Jesus is coming soon so the world doesn't matter and whatever struggles the planet or its people face are irrelevant. Earthly matters are not that important and we should be prioritizing our eternity in the afterlife instead. Vote Republican. Fuck the Earth, if we hate the right things and don't care about the planet we'll be rewarded with eternal gifts.

These same people want to ban abortion and stop providing birth control to the masses as if they want the population to increase not decrease.

I hope poor people have no kids or fewer. I hope middle class people have fewer kids. I hope poor Indians Africans and Arabs stop having so many kids. We are a parasite on this planet. The Pacific ocean is a toilet bowl.

 

[Two Thumbs]

stop providing birth control?

Trojan Pleasure Pack Premium Latex Condoms, 3 count - Walmart.com

$2.17 for a box of condoms.


You really need the government to give them to you?

 

[sealybobo]

We should be dropping rubbers on African villages and in the slums of india

 

[sealybobo]

stop providing birth control?

Trojan Pleasure Pack Premium Latex Condoms, 3 count - Walmart.com

$2.17 for a box of condoms.


You really need the government to give them to you?

Yes. If we don't and little laquanda gets pregnant we arent gonna let Jr or Tyrone the 3rd starve.

Do you have to provide them with food stamps? Then the answer is YES we need to provide free birth control.

I don't need you to buy me condoms but not every American is as smart or wealthy as I am.

 

[Two Thumbs]

stop providing birth control?

Trojan Pleasure Pack Premium Latex Condoms, 3 count - Walmart.com

$2.17 for a box of condoms.


You really need the government to give them to you?

Yes. If we don't and little laquanda gets pregnant we arent gonna let Jr or Tyrone the 3rd starve.

Do you have to provide them with food stamps? Then the answer is YES we need to provide free birth control.

I don't need you to buy me condoms but not every American is as smart or wealthy as I am.

so you think people that make money off welfare will use bc?




you're a hoot

 

[sealybobo]

stop providing birth control?

Trojan Pleasure Pack Premium Latex Condoms, 3 count - Walmart.com

$2.17 for a box of condoms.


You really need the government to give them to you?

Yes. If we don't and little laquanda gets pregnant we arent gonna let Jr or Tyrone the 3rd starve.

Do you have to provide them with food stamps? Then the answer is YES we need to provide free birth control.

I don't need you to buy me condoms but not every American is as smart or wealthy as I am.

so you think people that make money off welfare will use bc?




you're a hoot

I would make it mandatory. If you already can't afford the kids you have why isn't it child abuse to have more?

 

[sealybobo]

Or have more but give them up for adoption. Or figure out how to feed the rest because we only give money for one mistake. And if you take welfare and have more than 1 kid expect visits from social services.