"“We expected the worst, but it is in tremendous condition, most...

  1. 1,377 Posts.
    lightbulb Created with Sketch. 2
    "“We expected the worst, but it is in tremendous condition, most of it pristine, the rest in full recovery.”
    “It shows the resilience of the reef.”"

    what an absolute load of shit, I was personally up in the northern gbr doing surveying in April nearly all of the coral on the inner reefs we visited displayed severe bleaching if they weren't dead with turf algae beginning to grow on them, the outer reefs while not as severe still showed large amounts of bleaching

    The reef overall has survived that bleaching event, but it definitely isn't pristine and I have grave reservations regarding its future should bleaching events of this magnitude increase in frequency
 
arrow-down-2 Created with Sketch. arrow-down-2 Created with Sketch.