how stupid can denial get?, page-102

You assumed Ridd was justified in his case. I just put the alternative perspective. And said, let's see how that pans out.

Coral? Jeeze. The denial industry is busy fabricating stories and there are days that I am not in the position or don't want to spend the time on detailed research. Plus nimbin or someone has often chimed in on that subject with specific expertise on that, so I've tried to leave coral stuff to him.

So you think this is just the great barrier reef? Any evidence for that claim? Just spouting more hot air? Want a detailed rebuttal of yet another bogus claim you make with ZERO evidence?

http://www.globalcoralbleaching.org/
In 1998, a huge underwater heatwave killed 16% of the corals on reefs around the world. Triggered by the El Niño of that year, it was declared the first major global coral bleaching event. The second global bleaching event that struck was triggered by the El Niño of 2010. The US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the third global bleaching event in October 2015 and it has already become the longest event recorded, impacting some reefs in consecutive years.

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warmin...y-warning-signs-of-global-2.html#.WhXKmkqWbRY
In 1998 coral reefs around the world experienced the most extensive and severe bleaching in recorded history (ISRS, 1998; Wilkinson et al., 1999). Coral bleaching was reported in 60 countries and island nations at sites in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Mediterranean and Caribbean. Indian Ocean corals were particularly severely impacted, with greater than 70 percent mortality reported in the Maldives, Andamans, Lakshadweep Islands, and in Seychelles Marine Park System. Unlike most previous bleaching events in which severe impacts were limited to less than 15 m water depth the 1998 bleaching affected corals at up to 50 m water depth. This mass bleaching followed similar but less severe events in 1987 and 1990. Prior to the early to mid 1980s, bleaching tended to be rare and localized, and corals generally recovered.
The 1998 mass bleaching was coincident with anomalously high sea surface temperatures. That year was the warmest of this century (NOAA, 1999), and tropical sea surface temperatures were the highest in the modern record (Strong et al., 1998).