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‘UNESCO was right’: Global experts back Barrier Reef danger warning
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World-leading environmental scientists, including Australia’s pre-eminent coral reef experts, have publicly praised UNESCO’s decision to recommend the Great Barrier Reef be rated “in danger”, a move that was slammed by the federal government.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation - whose member countries control World Heritage listings - issued a draft “in danger” rating over the health of the Great Barrier Reef, due to poor water quality and the impact of climate change.
Meanwhile, little Malco Turnbull little mate in New South Wales, Mike, is about to lawfully (change the present legislation) unleash massive environmental degradation like never before by allowing farmers to remove more trees from their paddocks, while federal Labor wants their mates in queensland to do more to protect nature which the previous Turnbull s mates, the Liberals (CONservatives) under Newman, encouraged to be massively destroyed by farmers. The environmental record from the Liberals (CONservatives) is terrible. So when Turnbull announces some patch up coastal solutions, he does not really want to talk about the real cause of global warming: burning coal and other fossil fuels, especially the mining thereof.
Last modified on Wed 28 Apr 2021 13.31 EDT
Shading corals and deploying more heat-resistant species across the Great Barrier Reef on an as-yet untested scale could buy the world heritage site another two decades, according to a study led by Australian government scientists.
The scientists said combining âlife supportâ interventions such as cloud brightening â which involves spraying sea water to make low-altitude clouds more reflective â with better management of a coral-eating starfish could help delay âprecipitous declinesâ caused by global heating.
But the scientists said it would only be effective if strong global action was taken to rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions.