Great Barrier Reef headed for 'massive death'

[USALiberal]

The ‘Godfather of Coral’ predicts a ‘planetary catastrophe’

Townsville, Australia — In a dusty, secluded corner of the Australian state of Queensland, a septuagenarian scientist is on an urgent mission to raise the alarm about the future of the planet.

John "Charlie" Veron -- widely known as "The Godfather of Coral" -- is a renowned reef expert who has personally discovered nearly a quarter of the world's coral species and has spent the past 45 years diving Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

But after a lifetime trying to make sense of the vast ecosystems that lie beneath the ocean's surface, the 73-year-old is now becoming a prophet of their extinction.

More on the Great Barrier Reef

"It's the beginning of a planetary catastrophe," he tells CNN. "I was too slow to become vocal about it."


Great read at: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/08/world/great-barrier-reef/

[Angry Dragon]

1. we will kill ourselves

[lapfog_1]

2. All we can do for the GBR is to save as many species of coral as we can

and promise to repopulate (in a massive "engineering" effort - 100s of thousands of people over generations) when the waters cool again which is the other massive engineering problem - it's not reducing the carbon footprint, it is now reversing green house gases OR cooling the planet some other way that is needed.

[dweller]

3. Great Barrier Reef

the largest living creature on Earth ... what a nail in the coffin this will be
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