Mastodawn

Last chance to save the Barrier Reef ?
https://theconversation.com/humanity-is-failing-official-report-warns-our-chance-to-save-the-great-barrier-reef-is-fast-closing-237441

97% of coral dead at a Lizard Island reef mass bleaching
https://theconversation.com/new-drone-imagery-reveals-97-of-coral-dead-at-a-lizard-island-reef-after-last-summers-mass-bleaching-233325

Photo 1: In some cases, dying coral gives off a final, neon burst of colour in a bid to survive. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Photo 2: Bleaching occurs when corals become so heat-stressed they eject the tiny organisms living inside their tissues. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

#GreatBarrierReef #CoralBleaching
#MarineEcology #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #GlobalBoiling

‘Humanity is failing’: official report warns our chance to save the Great Barrier Reef is fast closing

Humanity risks losing the beautiful, complex reefs that have existed on Earth for millennia. Governments and officials have now acknowledged this devastating fact.

The Conversation

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Peter Riley Aug 25, 2024

Outlook Report 2024: “the greatest threat to the #BarrierReef is still #climatechange.
The other main threats are associated with coastal development, land-based run-off, and direct human use (such as illegal fishing).”

https://www2.gbrmpa.gov.au/our-work/outlook-report-2024

#MarineEcology #FossilFuels #GlobalBoiling #CoralBleaching

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Peter Riley Aug 25, 2024

Chickadee Politics & November People’s Blockade of the world’s largest coal port
https://overland.org.au/2024/08/chickadee-politics/

Rising Tide
https://www.risingtide.org.au/blockade-guide

#chickadee #climatecrisis #blockade #fossilfuels #newcastle #coalport #risingtide

Chickadee politics - Overland literary journal

This is an essay about the chickadees, a bird family of North America, and about climate politics. By the end, it’s going to ask you to join me in November in Newcastle, New South Wales, for the People's Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port.

Overland literary journal