Great Barrier Reef growth

[beej]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/coral-cover-increases-in-parts-of-great-barrier-reef/ar-AA10jnTf

The Australian Institute of Marine Science said the section of the reef north of Cooktown increased from 27% cover in 2021 to 36% in 2022, while the central area increased from 26% to 33%. The government agency said it's the highest amount of cover in those areas since it started tracking the reef's size 36 years ago.

The coral cover in the southern region -- which AIMS defined as between Proserpine to Gladstone -- decreased from 38% in 2021 to 34%.

The Australian government and conservations have been particularly concerned about the health of the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system.

Decades of mass coral bleaching and predation by crown-of-thorns starfish -- which feed on coral -- have caused large swaths of the system to die off.

But climatologists are worried we might think this some kind of good news
https://news.yahoo.com/posts-mislead-impact-climate-change-032157252.html

Social media posts appear to downplay the damage climate change can cause coral reefs by comparing two tweets -- one from 2014 about scientists' predictions that warming oceans would harm Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and one from 2022 about a rebound in coral growth there. However, the comparison is misleading. Scientists say that despite an increase in coral at the vast UNESCO heritage site, it remains at risk of cyclone damage, extinction of rare species and bleaching as a result of warming oceans.

[RobertELee]

[mkd]

Shut up racist. Don't you know there is a climate catastrophe that needs totalitarian control?

[CNCAppsJames]

WE"RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!

Is it too soon?