Great Barrier Reef scientists confirm largest die-off of corals recorded

[ScienceRocks]

Great Barrier Reef scientists confirm largest die-off of corals recorded
Source: The Guardian

Monday 28 November 2016 19.49 GMT

A new study has found that higher water temperatures have ravaged the Great Barrier Reef, causing the worst coral bleaching recorded by scientists.

In the worst-affected area, 67% of a 700km swath in the north of the reef lost its shallow-water corals over the past eight to nine months, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies based at James Cook University study found.

“Most of the losses in 2016 have occurred in the northern, most-pristine part of the Great Barrier Reef,” Prof Terry Hughes said. “This region escaped with minor damage in two earlier bleaching events in 1998 and 2002, but this time around it has been badly affected.”

The southern two-thirds of the reef escaped with minor damage, Hughes said. This part was protected from the rising sea temperatures because of cooler water from the Coral Sea.

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Global warming is having a effect on our planet. No question.

 

[The Great Goose]

That sux. It's the best place on Earth, that reef. My memory of the times I was there will always be treasured.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Sadly, lot's of cool shit on the planet will be gone in 200 years.

 

[The Great Goose]

Sadly, lot's of cool shit on the planet will be gone in 200 years.

...regardless of global warming.

 

[Crick]

Due to global warming.

 

[ding]

Due to global warming.

Really? 1 C over 250 years?

 

[Old Rocks]

Due to global warming.

Really? 1 C over 250 years?

About 150 years, silly ass. Get your figures right.

 

[ding]

 

[Billy_Bob]

Breathless Matthew has a short memory... Just 8 years ago another massive "die off" occurred of the coast of South America.. its over 90% recovered because its a NATURAL PROCESS...

ONE HAS TO WONDER IF BEING IN A PANIC IS A NORMAL STATE FOR LIBTARDS?

 

[Billy_Bob]

Due to global warming.

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE TO PROVE YOUR ASSERTION..?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Need to evolve coral that can "withstand" a horrific 1C change in 150 years

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Due to global warming.

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE TO PROVE YOUR ASSERTION..?

The models say so...

 

[Crick]

Laboratory studies have long ago clearly shown at what temperatures corals thrive and at what temperatures corals die. Guess what dipwad?

 

[SSDD]

Due to global warming.

Sorry skid mark...the only place unusual global warming is happening is in the flawed climate models, and the criminal manipulation of the temperature record.

 

[SSDD]

Breathless Matthew has a short memory... Just 8 years ago another massive "die off" occurred of the coast of South America.. its over 90% recovered because its a NATURAL PROCESS...

ONE HAS TO WONDER IF BEING IN A PANIC IS A NORMAL STATE FOR LIBTARDS?

Most people have grown out of their liberalism by the time they are in their mid 20's..... Neuroscience tells us that until you reach that age, your frontal cortex is still in the developmental stage...That being the case, you are unable to fully differentiate between your contradictory thoughts....you are unable to fully separate good from bad....and better from best.....and even such basic determinations as same and different and predict, or even be fully aware of future consequences of present activities. Till such time as your frontal cortex is fully developed, you are only capable of acting emotionally....acting logically comes with a fully developed frontal cortex.

Liberalism itself sounds very much like the result of a failure of the frontal cortex to fully develop....doesn't it. They are, after all, known as the kings of unintended consequences because they appear to be completely unable to follow the results of their actions to their logical conclusions.

 

[Old Rocks]

Breathless Matthew has a short memory... Just 8 years ago another massive "die off" occurred of the coast of South America.. its over 90% recovered because its a NATURAL PROCESS...

ONE HAS TO WONDER IF BEING IN A PANIC IS A NORMAL STATE FOR LIBTARDS?

Most people have grown out of their liberalism by the time they are in their mid 20's..... Neuroscience tells us that until you reach that age, your frontal cortex is still in the developmental stage...That being the case, you are unable to fully differentiate between your contradictory thoughts....you are unable to fully separate good from bad....and better from best.....and even such basic determinations as same and different and predict, or even be fully aware of future consequences of present activities. Till such time as your frontal cortex is fully developed, you are only capable of acting emotionally....acting logically comes with a fully developed frontal cortex.

Liberalism itself sounds very much like the result of a failure of the frontal cortex to fully develop....doesn't it. They are, after all, known as the kings of unintended consequences because they appear to be completely unable to follow the results of their actions to their logical conclusions.

Hey, cocksuck, the subject is corals. Your political opinion makes zero difference to them.

 

[ding]

Breathless Matthew has a short memory... Just 8 years ago another massive "die off" occurred of the coast of South America.. its over 90% recovered because its a NATURAL PROCESS...

ONE HAS TO WONDER IF BEING IN A PANIC IS A NORMAL STATE FOR LIBTARDS?

Most people have grown out of their liberalism by the time they are in their mid 20's..... Neuroscience tells us that until you reach that age, your frontal cortex is still in the developmental stage...That being the case, you are unable to fully differentiate between your contradictory thoughts....you are unable to fully separate good from bad....and better from best.....and even such basic determinations as same and different and predict, or even be fully aware of future consequences of present activities. Till such time as your frontal cortex is fully developed, you are only capable of acting emotionally....acting logically comes with a fully developed frontal cortex.

Liberalism itself sounds very much like the result of a failure of the frontal cortex to fully develop....doesn't it. They are, after all, known as the kings of unintended consequences because they appear to be completely unable to follow the results of their actions to their logical conclusions.

Hey, cocksuck, the subject is corals. Your political opinion makes zero difference to them.

But it is relevant to this subject because the religious nature of socialism explains the extraordinary attraction to socialist doctrines and its capacity to inflame individuals and inspire popular movements like global warming. It really is the only explanation for why chicken little believes the sky is falling.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Laboratory studies have long ago clearly shown at what temperatures corals thrive and at what temperatures corals die. Guess what dipwad?

They have a 1C margin? Really?

What happened to the waters becoming gastric juices, have you backed off of that absurd claim? Remember when you claimed that an "acid" that instantly disassociates upon contact with water was making the oceans "Acidic"

 

[SSDD]

Breathless Matthew has a short memory... Just 8 years ago another massive "die off" occurred of the coast of South America.. its over 90% recovered because its a NATURAL PROCESS...

ONE HAS TO WONDER IF BEING IN A PANIC IS A NORMAL STATE FOR LIBTARDS?

Most people have grown out of their liberalism by the time they are in their mid 20's..... Neuroscience tells us that until you reach that age, your frontal cortex is still in the developmental stage...That being the case, you are unable to fully differentiate between your contradictory thoughts....you are unable to fully separate good from bad....and better from best.....and even such basic determinations as same and different and predict, or even be fully aware of future consequences of present activities. Till such time as your frontal cortex is fully developed, you are only capable of acting emotionally....acting logically comes with a fully developed frontal cortex.

Liberalism itself sounds very much like the result of a failure of the frontal cortex to fully develop....doesn't it. They are, after all, known as the kings of unintended consequences because they appear to be completely unable to follow the results of their actions to their logical conclusions.

Hey, cocksuck, the subject is corals. Your political opinion makes zero difference to them.

Pure emotion driven liberalism....how does it feel to be 65+ and be stuck in your teens in so far as your brain development goes rocks? Name calling as if that made you right....juvenile "logic" at its best...thanks for the show.

 

[SSDD]

Laboratory studies have long ago clearly shown at what temperatures corals thrive and at what temperatures corals die. Guess what dipwad?

Really?...laboratory studies?...what has the real world told us about the temperatures in which corals survive? Are corals a recent development?...or did corals evolve to survive at a much higher temperature...and in a much more acidic ocean?...you think present generations forget evolutionary development?