Great Barrier Reef: scientists ‘exaggerated’ coral bleaching

[Billy_Bob]

Great Barrier Reef: scientists ‘exaggerated’ coral bleaching

Now this is just to funny..

Activist scientists and lobby groups have distorted surveys, maps and data to misrepresent the extent and impact of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, according to the chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Russell Reichelt.

A full survey of the reef released yesterday by the authority and the Australian Institute of Marine Science said 75 per cent of the reef would escape unscathed.

It appears the dire emergency isn't so dire after all. That the coral shells are frequently left by those who build them as salinity and temperatures change. Over 75% of the reef has already recovered in just 6 months and the last remaining area is showing signs of palup recolonization as the conditions return to their liking.

Funnier still is those scientists who actually work on the reef have just blown the whole lie to hell with pesky facts and real life science..

Just one more lie exposed about CAGW...

 

[TheOldSchool]

Oh so only 22% of the reef has died. Well gee... what fantastic news! *sarcasm*

 

[Billy_Bob]

Oh so only 22% of the reef has died. Well gee... what fantastic news! *sarcasm*

Its not dead... Its the calcium skeleton left by the palup and is only vacant for now. That was the whole point of the article. The calcification is and always has been dead. The surface life is all that is missing and it can quickly be recolonized as massive ares of the reef have already recovered.

But I expected alarmists would not read the article and learn anything not spoon feed them from their masters pile of shit.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Oh so only 22% of the reef has died. Well gee... what fantastic news! *sarcasm*

Its not dead... Its the calcium skeleton left by the palup and is only vacant for now. That was the whole point of the article. The calcification is and always has been dead. The surface life is all that is missing and it can quickly be recolonized as massive ares of the reef have already recovered.

But I expected alarmists would not read the article and learn anything not spoon feed them from their masters pile of shit.

A quote from the expert in your article:

“This is a frightening enough story with the facts, you don’t need to dress them up."

But I expected Earth-hating losers wouldn't even read their own link.

 

[320 Years of History]

the coral shells are frequently left by those who build them as salinity and temperatures change.

Wow...I suppose that's one way to put it, although the sentence above has a tenor connoting that "those who built" coral reefs leave them in much the same ways eagles build nests, migrate elsewhere for a time, and then either return to the same nest or at least to the same general area. The reality is that when "those who build" coral reefs leave them, it's because they died, but yes, temperature and salinity changes are among the causes of death.

 

[Billy_Bob]

Oh so only 22% of the reef has died. Well gee... what fantastic news! *sarcasm*

Its not dead... Its the calcium skeleton left by the palup and is only vacant for now. That was the whole point of the article. The calcification is and always has been dead. The surface life is all that is missing and it can quickly be recolonized as massive ares of the reef have already recovered.

But I expected alarmists would not read the article and learn anything not spoon feed them from their masters pile of shit.

A quote from the expert in your article:

“This is a frightening enough story with the facts, you don’t need to dress them up."

But I expected Earth-hating losers wouldn't even read their own link.

Then you fail to recognize that this is cyclical and normal life changes for the coral reef. Amazing how ignorant you are.

 

[Billy_Bob]

the coral shells are frequently left by those who build them as salinity and temperatures change.

Wow...I suppose that's one way to put it, although the sentence above has a tenor connoting that "those who built" coral reefs leave them in much the same ways eagles build nests, migrate elsewhere for a time, and then either return to the same nest or at least to the same general area. The reality is that when "those who build" coral reefs leave them, it's because they died, but yes, temperature and salinity changes are among the causes of death.

This cycle has never happened before? Right? Oh wait, that's the whole point of the article, that is and has happened before, and is all natural cycle.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Oh so only 22% of the reef has died. Well gee... what fantastic news! *sarcasm*

Its not dead... Its the calcium skeleton left by the palup and is only vacant for now. That was the whole point of the article. The calcification is and always has been dead. The surface life is all that is missing and it can quickly be recolonized as massive ares of the reef have already recovered.

But I expected alarmists would not read the article and learn anything not spoon feed them from their masters pile of shit.

A quote from the expert in your article:

“This is a frightening enough story with the facts, you don’t need to dress them up."

But I expected Earth-hating losers wouldn't even read their own link.

Then you fail to recognize that this is cyclical and normal life changes for the coral reef. Amazing how ignorant you are.

Yeah okay. Humans have never had any impact on anything, and never will. Great stance there buddy.

 

[Billy_Bob]

Why do alarmists all claim it is mans fault when they really don't have the knowledge, data, and facts to know if it is?

 

[Yarddog]

the coral shells are frequently left by those who build them as salinity and temperatures change.

Wow...I suppose that's one way to put it, although the sentence above has a tenor connoting that "those who built" coral reefs leave them in much the same ways eagles build nests, migrate elsewhere for a time, and then either return to the same nest or at least to the same general area. The reality is that when "those who build" coral reefs leave them, it's because they died, but yes, temperature and salinity changes are among the causes of death.

We can get Mexicans to do the work Palups don't want to do. First rebuild the reefs, then the wall!

 

[320 Years of History]

the coral shells are frequently left by those who build them as salinity and temperatures change.

Wow...I suppose that's one way to put it, although the sentence above has a tenor connoting that "those who built" coral reefs leave them in much the same ways eagles build nests, migrate elsewhere for a time, and then either return to the same nest or at least to the same general area. The reality is that when "those who build" coral reefs leave them, it's because they died, but yes, temperature and salinity changes are among the causes of death.

We can get Mexicans to do the work Palups don't want to do. First rebuild the reefs, then the wall!

LOL

Geez. As long as they have been mentioned in the discussion, I wonder what share of the unemployed are Palups? Do you think the Palups who don't vote for the Green Party nominee will vote for Trump or Clinton?

Off Topic:
Okay...you are the second person I've seen write it, so I have to ask because I cannot find the word in a dictionary, which is why I opted to write the silly questions I did above....What the heck is a "palup?"

 

[Yarddog]

the coral shells are frequently left by those who build them as salinity and temperatures change.

Wow...I suppose that's one way to put it, although the sentence above has a tenor connoting that "those who built" coral reefs leave them in much the same ways eagles build nests, migrate elsewhere for a time, and then either return to the same nest or at least to the same general area. The reality is that when "those who build" coral reefs leave them, it's because they died, but yes, temperature and salinity changes are among the causes of death.

We can get Mexicans to do the work Palups don't want to do. First rebuild the reefs, then the wall!

LOL

Geez. As long as they have been mentioned in the discussion, I wonder what share of the unemployed are Palups? Do you think the Palups who don't vote for the Green Party nominee will vote for Trump or Clinton?

Off Topic:
Okay...you are the second person I've seen write it, so I have to ask because I cannot find the word in a dictionary, which is why I opted to write the silly questions I did above....What the heck is a "palup?"

sorry was a mis-spell should be polyp , those sea micro organisms. I'm sure a study of polyp unemployment could be easily funded with the proper polyp representation. It's my suspicion there are already polyps deeply rooted in Washington. Not only will Polyps vote for Clinton, I'm pretty sure that under the proper environment one of the fatter ones easily could have supplanted Hillary as Democratic nominee........... unfortunantly there was some bias involved

 

[Crick]

Great Barrier Reef: scientists ‘exaggerated’ coral bleaching

Now this is just to funny..

Activist scientists and lobby groups have distorted surveys, maps and data to misrepresent the extent and impact of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, according to the chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Russell Reichelt.

A full survey of the reef released yesterday by the authority and the Australian Institute of Marine Science said 75 per cent of the reef would escape unscathed.

It appears the dire emergency isn't so dire after all. That the coral shells are frequently left by those who build them as salinity and temperatures change. Over 75% of the reef has already recovered in just 6 months and the last remaining area is showing signs of palup recolonization as the conditions return to their liking.

Funnier still is those scientists who actually work on the reef have just blown the whole lie to hell with pesky facts and real life science..

Just one more lie exposed about CAGW...

Bottom line: a government agency that very likely has very strong reasons to want to minimize such news (ie, tourist dollars) says it's okay because they believe that only 25% of the world's largest reef will turn out to be permanently dead. Gosh, am I reassured.

 

[mamooth]

Some good news from the other side of the Pacific: Sea Stars (starfish) are making a recovery in some areas.

Pacific Rocky Intertidal Monitoring: Trends and Synthesis

Sea star wasting disease is somewhat of a mystery. The virus causing it has been identified, but that virus has always been around, and why the sudden big outbreak happened is not known.

As for the recovery, it's most likely natural selection. Susceptible sea stars died, leaving the few resistant ones behind to breed resistant baby sea stars.

 

[Matted Joybeard]

‘Most of it was dead’: scientists discovers one of Great Barrier Reef’s worst coral bleaching events

Analysis of high-resolution drone imagery concludes 97% of corals died at a Lizard Island reef between March and June this year

www.theguardian.com

Williamson and colleagues analysed drone footage taken over the Lizard Island reef in March, which showed evidence of widespread bleaching and fluorescing – a phenomenon when corals release a spectacular pigment into their flesh as a sign of heat stress.

Flying a drone over the same section of reef earlier this month to match the images, Williamson said: “At least 97% of the corals had died over those three months.

“We were there to do our sea cucumber monitoring work, but there was silence amongst us nine researchers.

“We came out of the water and didn’t know what to say. It’s an iconic reef and most of it was dead.”

A/Prof Karen Joyce, of James Cook University, said she had been mapping coral for 25 years. “It’s devastating to say that this year, my job became so much easier. In the small area we analysed, instead of many thousand live corals, I can count the few remaining on my fingers.”

 

[ding]

‘Most of it was dead’: scientists discovers one of Great Barrier Reef’s worst coral bleaching events

Analysis of high-resolution drone imagery concludes 97% of corals died at a Lizard Island reef between March and June this year

www.theguardian.com

Williamson and colleagues analysed drone footage taken over the Lizard Island reef in March, which showed evidence of widespread bleaching and fluorescing – a phenomenon when corals release a spectacular pigment into their flesh as a sign of heat stress.

Flying a drone over the same section of reef earlier this month to match the images, Williamson said: “At least 97% of the corals had died over those three months.

“We were there to do our sea cucumber monitoring work, but there was silence amongst us nine researchers.

“We came out of the water and didn’t know what to say. It’s an iconic reef and most of it was dead.”

A/Prof Karen Joyce, of James Cook University, said she had been mapping coral for 25 years. “It’s devastating to say that this year, my job became so much easier. In the small area we analysed, instead of many thousand live corals, I can count the few remaining on my fingers.”

Nothing that hasn't happened in any other interglacial period, dear.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Peter Ridd had been studying and covering the GBR since 1984, he always said coral bleaching, mud deposits, rising seas etc.. killing the coral was a pile of crap. So because he spoke science and not political science to follow the agenda, his University obsess sacked him to maintain government funding. Coral needs to be covered in water to live and expand, so a rising sea level was actually a good for coral. So they manufactured a science position called Climate Scientist that apparently must be trained in every scientific field to advise the planet of this man-made devastation. The vulnerable in society believe these fake scientists, hence their deserved title, "Alarmist".

And if anyone wants to know where all the co2 disappeared to such a low level after the dinosaurs, then look no further than crustaceans, hence why we have limestone. In fact, the earth needs to thank mankind for contributing to co2 levels because 150ppm/180ppm co2, life starts to die out. In the mid 400ppm level, the earth is still in a co2 drought state. Plants grow well at 1,100ppm and life flourishes that much in levels above 4,000pm, it can support dinosaurs and vast tropical forests. Even Antarctica was a temperate forest.

People are getting fed up of alarmists, so much so, the Climate Party in the UK received 1,967 votes out of nearly 29 million votes, or, less that 0.01% of British people are interested. If you see idiots gluing themselves to roads, throw orange paint about, and defacing paintings, they're part of that 1,967 figure.

 

[Crick]

Peter Ridd had been studying and covering the GBR since 1984, he always said coral bleaching, mud deposits, rising seas etc.. killing the coral was a pile of crap. So because he spoke science and not political science to follow the agenda, his University obsess sacked him to maintain government funding.

Do you have ANY evidence to support that charge?

Coral needs to be covered in water to live and expand, so a rising sea level was actually a good for coral.

Bullshit. For every inch you gain at the surface, you lose an inch at depth.

And if anyone wants to know where all the co2 disappeared to such a low level after the dinosaurs, then look no further than crustaceans, hence why we have limestone. In fact, the earth needs to thank mankind for contributing to co2 levels because 150ppm/180ppm co2, life starts to die out. In the mid 400ppm level, the earth is still in a co2 drought state.

Are you suggesting that life for the past 2.5 million years has been on the verge of dying out?

Plants grow well at 1,100ppm and life flourishes that much in levels above 4,000pm, it can support dinosaurs and vast tropical forests. Even Antarctica was a temperate forest.

Humans, however, will not do well should the Earth's temperatures increase by 5C in a couple centuries.

People are getting fed up of alarmists

No, they aren't. Folks like you are getting fed up with consistently being shown to be scientifically illliterate and dishonest.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Crick Oi thick fuck, told you before, I don't do butchered up multi quotes. Are you retarded on purpose? I glanced at your last two replies and ignored them. If you can't do a normal conversation reply then just fuck off.

 

[Crick]

Crick Oi thick fuck, told you before, I don't do butchered up multi quotes. Are you retarded on purpose? I glanced at your last two replies and ignored them. If you can't do a normal conversation reply then just fuck off.

Do you have ANY evidence to support that charge [that Peter Ridd was sacked by his unniversity to maintain government funding]?

Bullshit [that increasing sea level is good for coral]. For every inch you gain at the surface, you lose an inch at depth.

Are you suggesting [that CO2 in the mid-400ppm level is a drought state] that life for the past 2.5 million years has been on the verge of dying out?

[Plants and dinosaurs did well at much higher CO2 levels] Humans, however, will not do well should the Earth's temperatures increase by 5C in a couple centuries.

[People are getting fed up with alarmists] No, they aren't. Folks like you are getting fed up with consistently being shown to be scientifically illliterate and dishonest.