Posted on 08/20/2022 9:06:16 AM PDT by rktman
The climate hysteria movement is replete with predictions of utter doom for various ecosystems on Earth owing to the scourge of man-made global warming, which has been re-branded “climate change.” But a new study shows that one of those ecosystems — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef — seems to be doing just fine despite dire warnings of its imminent demise.
For several years, climate alarmists have been claiming that the Great Barrier Reef, along with all the coral reef systems on the planet, is essentially doomed because of climate change.
The predictions have been apocalyptic for the reef. A 2020 story from CBS exclaimed that “half of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals have been killed by climate change.” A Sri Lankan source even announced in 2019 that the “Great Barrier Reef is dead,” a claim that was refuted by French news source AFP.
No less an authoritative source than the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported in 2018 that 70-90 percent of corals would be lost across the globe if their arbitrary 1.5-degree Celsius increase in global temperature was breached. Should the global temperature increase reach 2 degrees Celsius, the IPCC predicted, 99 percent of Earth’s coral systems would be lost.
“In 2022, the GBR (Great Barrier Reef) continues to recover, registering the highest level of coral cover yet recorded in the Northern and Central regions over the past 36 years of monitoring,” the study’s summary stated. “While recovery continued on many Southern GBR reefs, regional coral cover declined slightly due to ongoing outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish in the Swain reefs.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
The environmentalists were pearl clutching over the demise of the Great Barrier Reef when I was in grade school.
So this means there’s no “climate change “.Right? Definitely!
The environmentalists were pearl clutching over the demise of the Great Barrier Reef when I was in grade school.
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That, and the demise of the Rain Forest, which considering the supposed rate of deforestation, ought to have been gone by now.
Can’t say that! Doesn’t fit the catastrophe narrative!
On the contrary. The day the climate STOPS changing is gonna be a really bad day. REALLY bad. So, I propose we do what we can to keep it changing. 😁👍
The entire argument over climate change is one that insults the environmentalists from accepting their responsibility for the damage and hey have caused
If the climate disaster as they claim is averted they will claim their policies were the reason and if the climate does cause a catastrophe they will claim their policies weren’t followed
The barrier reef is a perfect example it’s health will be a vindication for green policies and is it starts to die back it will be because their policies weren’t implemented
yeah but big foot and moth-man aren’t weathering climate change very well- hardly see any photos of them anymore-
It suggests to me that there is no such thing as climate change.
Just maybe it's surviving because climate change doesn't exist.
Indeed people keep forgetting how many ice ages the earth has had Climate Change always happens.
Nice job...
“Study: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Is Surviving Climate Change Just Fine”
OF COURSE it is, since it spent hundreds if not thousands of years on dry land and survived THAT!
(survived/resurrected)
They claim the “Reef” is 20 MILLION years old, yet “Around Australia, we know that at the coldest time of the last ice age about 20,000 years ago, sea level stood about 120 metres below its present level.”
20 MILLION years old yet on dry land 20 THOUSAND years ago.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm? Conclusion:
The Great Barrier Reef is TOUGH!
It was just fine when I was there in ‘96.
Their models, GIGO.
I refuse to believe this. I have read several articles by thousands of Official Scientists — with white coats ‘n everything — who say all the coral reefs and cute little kittens and puppy dogs are ALL dying FAST — ‘n unless we commit financial and social suicide as quickly as possible, that it’s all hopeless ‘n we’re ALL GONNA DIE!! And very VERY soon!!!
You MUST all STOP emitting poisonous carbon dioxide immediately, or it’s The End Of Everything!!!!!!!
All you who agree with this OFFICIALLY SETTLED SCIENCE position MUST stop exhaling RGHT NOW!!!
(I’ll wait............)
/sarc
Did they have clipboards? If not they can’t be trusted. 😁👍
Doo-doo-doo, za-da-do-do-wow!
There's a place called the rainforest that truly sucks ass
Let's knock it all down and get rid of it fast
You say "save the rainforest", but what do you know?
You've never been to the rainforest before!
Getting Gay with Kids is here
To tell you things you might not like to hear
You only fight these causes 'cos caring sells
All you activists can go ____ yourselves.
Someday if we work hard boys and girls..
There'll be no more rainforests left in the entire world (world!)
Getting Gay with Kids is here
To spread the word, and bring you cheer
Getting Gay with Kids is here
Let's knock down the rainforest, whaddaya say?
It's totally gay
It's totally gay!
that was from a meme sent to my email- not sure who did it
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