NYTimes: trouble along the Great Barrier Reef
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 3,130
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
NYTimes: trouble along the Great Barrier Reef
For a country I love so dearly, I am very sad to read the story in today's New York Times. For the future of the planet, I am angry. Please read the story for yourself if you are able to bring yourself to do so.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/1...ge-dieoff.html
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/1...ge-dieoff.html
#5
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 3,130
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I know the feeling, yestravel; I am doing my part and know remain encourage by the number of people I see alongside me. In the meantime, I hope you and gottravel enjoy your remaining days in Sydney and that the city is as kind to you as it always is to me.
#6
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,241
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thanks for the link to the excellent article, tripplanner001. I'd read a similar article in the Guardian (see below) but missed the one from the NYTimes.
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...cientists-warn
Tragic. I'm glad we dived the GBR twenty years ago when the reefs were healthy.
I'm finding it difficult to be both well-informed and optimistic about the fate of Planet Earth these days myself. I take heart from small local victories, the possibility of creating a new marine protected area off the coast of Dunedin, making small donations or volunteering for the Yellow Eyed Penguin Trust or NZ Sea Lion Trust. This year, the Yellow Eyed Penguin Trust opened a local emergency clinic for penguins that managed to save 6 percent of mainland NZ's endangered Yellow Eyed Penguin population. In these small victories, I find hope.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/p...-funds-run-out
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...cientists-warn
Tragic. I'm glad we dived the GBR twenty years ago when the reefs were healthy.
I'm finding it difficult to be both well-informed and optimistic about the fate of Planet Earth these days myself. I take heart from small local victories, the possibility of creating a new marine protected area off the coast of Dunedin, making small donations or volunteering for the Yellow Eyed Penguin Trust or NZ Sea Lion Trust. This year, the Yellow Eyed Penguin Trust opened a local emergency clinic for penguins that managed to save 6 percent of mainland NZ's endangered Yellow Eyed Penguin population. In these small victories, I find hope.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/p...-funds-run-out
#7
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 3,130
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
You're welcome Diamantina. I still have not made it to the Great Barrier Reef over my three trip to Australia. I hope it will still Ben there for me when I make it there. And thank you for the uplifting article about the Dunedin penguins; I definitely need some of these small victories to get through these challenging times.
#8
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,241
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Tripplanner. I'm afraid there's more bad news about the GBR. It's reported to be a "terminal stage." Tragic.
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...MCNEWEML6619I2
You should still go there, as it's not entirely dead yet. You also have the option of going to Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. As of 2016, it had escaped coral bleaching. It's awesome as well.
The GBR bleaching has gotten a lot of attention, but I also wonder about the health of other coral reefs in the Pacific and if coral bleaching events there are passing under the radar.
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...MCNEWEML6619I2
You should still go there, as it's not entirely dead yet. You also have the option of going to Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. As of 2016, it had escaped coral bleaching. It's awesome as well.
The GBR bleaching has gotten a lot of attention, but I also wonder about the health of other coral reefs in the Pacific and if coral bleaching events there are passing under the radar.
Thread
Original Poster
Forum
Replies
Last Post
almostthere
Australia & the Pacific
10
Sep 19th, 2012 10:37 PM
gharr
Australia & the Pacific
5
Dec 7th, 2009 02:33 AM