Great Barrier Reef "cooked" to death

[Tricolor]

Higher water temperatures in 2016 caused the worst destruction of corals ever recorded on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, a study has found.

Great Barrier Reef suffered worst bleaching on record in 2016, report finds - BBC News

Record die-off of Great Barrier Reef coral confirmed by scientists, while some tourist areas improved - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[clownfishsydney]

Two weeks ago we spent 10 days scuba diving the reefs in the Cape York area of Queensland. We spent most of the time on the Great Detached Reef. The condition of the reefs we dived was very good overall, we did not see any real indication of bleaching. This does not mean there is not any, but we did not see it.

[svHyLyte]

Originally Posted by Tricolor

Higher water temperatures in 2016 caused the worst destruction of corals ever recorded on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, a study has found.

Great Barrier Reef suffered worst bleaching on record in 2016, report finds - BBC News

Record die-off of Great Barrier Reef coral confirmed by scientists, while some tourist areas improved - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Jeeze--Where's Al Gore when you really need him, eh? On the other hand, think of Thermal Vents:



Maybe all is simply part of the circle of Life?

[MarkJ]

Its them pesky white males again. Damn privilege ooozing from their every pore.

[svHyLyte]

Originally Posted by MarkJ

Its them pesky white males again. Damn privilege ooozing from their every pore.

It's the ooze that kills off the coral you know eh?

[MarkJ]

Originally Posted by svHyLyte

It's the ooze that kills off the coral you know eh?

You're gunna win the Noble Prize for that one

[chris95040]

Oh boy. How many more hours will this thread last?

I for one intend to ignore warnings from the scientific community and wait for Jesus and Santa Claus to straighten things out.

[NorthSea]

You mockers are delusional. Global warming is not a theory, it is a series of facts. Why don't you educate yourselves? Read some books and scientific articles on the subject. The overwhelming consensus of the scientific community is that overwhelming planetary changes are happening at an unprecedented rate. If you want to make a joke out of it to help you with your denial, you show yourselves as the shallow, selfish people that you are.

[uncle stinkybob]

Originally Posted by NorthSea

You mockers are delusional. Global warming is not a theory, it is a series of facts. Why don't you educate yourselves? Read some books and scientific articles on the subject. The overwhelming consensus of the scientific community is that overwhelming planetary changes are happening at an unprecedented rate. If you want to make a joke out of it to help you with your denial, you show yourselves as the shallow, selfish people that you are.

The unprecedented rated not seen before because we were not recording weather patterns 25,000 years ago? The scientific community has also said it cyclic, it's happened many times in the history of earth. But sure, if getting emotional and calling people names here helps, go right ahead. But you are the one looking shallow and selfish, let alone emotional.

[Capt Phil]

North Sea needs to get a grip! This is a forum of fun, information, encouragement and regrets. No need to try and convince folks of a particular point of view! Phil

[alctel]

Originally Posted by uncle stinkybob

The unprecedented rated not seen before because we were not recording weather patterns 25,000 years ago? The scientific community has also said it cyclic, it's happened many times in the history of earth. But sure, if getting emotional and calling people names here helps, go right ahead. But you are the one looking shallow and selfish, let alone emotional.

We can see carbon levels and average temperature from the past in various ways. Not weather exactly, but we can get a good idea of the average conditions and how carbon in the atmosphere corresponds to average temperature.

Also yes it's cyclic, but usually the periods of warming took place over 200,000 years not 200 years. This is not a good sign.

People get emotional over this because there is so much evidence that points towards something catastrophic happening and people just recycle tired talking points from discredited sources and show a complete lack of any understanding how science actually works - there has been a concerted effort to muddy the waters on this and it's worked amazingly.

Which means instead of working today as a species to try to combat this, we spend all our time squabbling about it.

Anyway, I'm out. Climate change threads in this forum are profoundly depressing.

[Wallaby]

Some time ago Global Warming became Global Climate Change. It is not a matter of semantics, btw. The reason is quite simple, actual warming stopped some years ago, possibly as a result of solar activity (eg sun spots as massive releases of radiation). We are currently in/going into a cooling phase in that respect. It is these solar effects/patterns that bring on such climate changes as ice-ages and warming trends, plus Earth's cycles (and events) as well.

Btw, it is much easier to 'prove' man-caused global warming--the temperature goes up, all other contributing factors held constant. The problem is the data does not support the hypothesis. There are significant warming periods (eg. 1922) without man's huge influence, and the recent slowdown/decrease in temperature.

Now, Climate Change covers all options, hot and/or cold, and even no change at all. Few hurricanes or more hurricanes, dry spells, wet spells, etc.; it's all climate change now. Anything becomes climate change. No wonder the progressive politicians jumped on board.

Of course, the 'scientific' problem with man-caused 'Global Climate Change' is what is the testable hypothesis. 'Change' has to do with variability. For example, should there be more change or less change from an established mean because man has caused the climate to change? The first question a reasonably informed person should ask is what is the statistical distribution of global climate change over a long period time? For the sake of argument, let's say 1,000 years.

Forget bleaching of the coral. It might be a perfectly normal, low probability event, whose time finally came.

[MAJICDAN]

Al Gore admitted that his research was fraudulent, and the results were politically funded by George Soros.

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by NorthSea

You mockers are delusional. Global warming is not a theory, it is a series of facts. Why don't you educate yourselves? Read some books and scientific articles on the subject. The overwhelming consensus of the scientific community is that overwhelming planetary changes are happening at an unprecedented rate. If you want to make a joke out of it to help you with your denial, you show yourselves as the shallow, selfish people that you are.

Sorry, but religion is an out of bounds subject here on CF. Please take your preaching elsewhere. :-)

[Scaramanga F25]

My two level dock in SE florida was never under water it high tide when it was built 15 years ago.
Now, the lower level is partially underwater at high tide and 4 inches under at high water springs