Bleached and dead corals throughout the shallows….

Great Barrier Reef:

This official statement is false.

And the timing - it’s an unconvincing attempt to distract attention from the worst mass mortality of corals, in 2024 due to anthropogenic heating.

Just in time for the next meeting of the World Heritage Committee in July.

No mention about the bleached corals due to anthropogenic heating, in the foreground of this photo…

Intense underwater heat devastates the Great Barrier Reef, impacting corals & species.

Worst bleaching event documented by Prof Emma L Johnston AO FAA FTSE & researchers One Tree Island Research Station

Find out more: tinyurl.com/4565emjk

Photos: Dr John Turnbull

Utter bullshit.

🪸 Climate change skeptics are dismissing record bleaching at Australia's Great Barrier Reef by claiming coral populations are at an all time high. But marine scientists warn global warming has negatively affected biodiversity and resilience in the region u.afp.com/5dbs

I’ll be offline for a while while surveying corals on the southern Great Barrier Reef.

Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility says 'scale of rejection' of Woodside Energy's excuse for a climate plan at AGM 'globally unprecedented' as 58+% of investors put board on notice: Not Good Enough! Our op ed in Financial Review: afr.com/policy/energy-… Jonathan Moylan Market Forces Australian Conservation Foundation

“Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef is fundamentally changing because of repeated bleaching from high ocean temperatures brought on by climate change” nature.com/articles/d4158…

Culling starfish:

“After every bleaching event the Australian government announces more money for killing starfish on a small subset of reefs, shifting the focus from dealing with the causes of these outbreaks, or from reducing Australia’s emissions” newscientist.com/article/242831…

So after three more mass coral bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef caused by anthropogenic heating, how is this all going……?

(Very badly).

Great Barrier Reef, 2024: “The condition of the reef was really appalling, with much of the coral either fluorescing (stressed), bleached or already dead and covered in macro algae.”

“It is cheaper to greenwash in Australia than not.”

Polly Hemming explains how the government’s certification scheme, Climate Active, makes it cheaper & easier for businesses to offset their way to “carbon neutrality” than to invest in reducing real emissions. #auspol #climate

“Australian oil and gas giant Woodside Energy has been rocked by the biggest investor uprising ever seen against a major emitter’s approach to climate change as 58 per cent of its shareholders rejected the company’s decarbonisation plans as inadequate”

smh.com.au/business/compa…

'We've got a Government that is still subsidising fossil fuels, yet businesses are expected to be making emissions reduction plans.'

- Climate & Energy Director Polly Hemming
#auspol #climate Polly Hemming

Another new coal proposal out to 2060. But don't worry, koalas, Tanya Plibersek has your back.

epbcpublicportal.awe.gov.au/all-referrals/…

dand It’s common myth among climate change sceptics that scientists call out environmental destruction for financial gain. In reality, many scientists point out that quick fixes are a delusion and not cost-effective.

Jez Roff David J Suggett Prof. Steve Simpson Gavin Miller Scale and cost of coral restoration projects: cell.com/one-earth/pdf/…

From an unexpected source: “I have never seen such badly bleached corals”….

A consequence of widespread marine heatwaves is a global coral bleaching event, recently confirmed by NOAA 🪸

Several countries in the Southwest Pacific have been affected, including Fiji, where I explored the corals last weekend - many of which were partially or fully bleached.