Joelle Gergis
@joellegergis
Climate scientist and writer. IPCC AR6 WG1 lead author. Author of 'Sunburnt Country' and 'Humanity's Moment'. Co-host of the 'Fear & Wonder' podcast.
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https://www.joellegergis.com 17-02-2017 22:58:32
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The build up of heat exposure (Degree Heating Days) on the #GreatBarrierReef this summer has been extraordinarily brutal.
Compare late February with yesterday:
This is more widespread than any previous mass coral bleaching and mortality event.
My prediction - billions of corals will die on the #GreatBarrierReef this year due to anthropogenic heating.
Because accumulated heat exposure this summer is the highest on record, and for the 1st time it’s affecting all regions of the Reef.
Australia: A government spokesperson “concedes the reef is probably changing… he cannot be sure what effects the bleaching will have…the #GreatBarrierReef has shown remarkable resilience.”
Frankly, this is understatement bordering on misinformation.
abc.net.au/news/2024-03-1…
February 2024 was the warmest February on record according to Copernicus ECMWF
1.77°C warmer than pre-industrial
9th record breaking month in a row
Global temperatures for the past 12 months are the highest on record, at 1.56°C above pre-industrial
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.Adelaide Writers' Week full house for a discussion on climate change hosted by Marian Wilkinson with Peter Frankopan Joelle Gergis and #DeputyPremierSusanClose