[HN Gopher] Coral makes comeback on Great Barrier Reef
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       Coral makes comeback on Great Barrier Reef
        
       Author : WaitWaitWha
       Score  : 37 points
       Date   : 2022-08-04 21:32 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | grecy wrote:
       | Coincidentally I went diving on the GBR last week, and from
       | personal observation, it's in way, way, way worse condition that
       | it was 20 years ago.
       | 
       | There are massive sections of bleached coral, huge dead patches
       | and way less fish life.
       | 
       | Here's how it looked last week:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0h0j0PSqaY
       | 
       | In 2015 the Aussie government tried to have it de-listed as a
       | UNESCO site so they could dredge it (Nobody had ever asked UNESCO
       | to be _removed_ before). Though they failed, they are dredging
       | all around it as close as possible, and the run-off from all the
       | intensive mono-crop farming on the mainland is not helping
       | either.
        
       | cyberlurker wrote:
       | I felt this article left some things unexplained, like what is a
       | mass bleaching event? The wikipedia article on Coral Bleaching is
       | excellent. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_bleaching
       | 
       | Also, cool note on the economics: "Experts estimate that coral
       | reef services are worth up to $1.2 million per hectare which
       | translates to an average of $172 billion per year."
       | 
       | Someone do the math, what is the value of this comeback in USD?
        
         | contingencies wrote:
         | https://www.google.com/search?q=172aud+in+usd
         | 
         | I'd add that the recent recovery has been used by some climate
         | change deniers as justification for ignoring the bigger
         | picture, a sad situation given Australia's emissions per
         | capita.
        
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