Divers for the companies — all intimately acquainted with the reef and, like so many businesses, dependent on its vitality — scour the seafloor. There they collect broken pieces of coral and attach them to submerged frames on which the fragments can recover and grow. Ecologically minded tourists pay to see the unusual attraction.It’s a strategy that master reef guide Russell Hosp says is aimed at giving “Mother Nature a little bit of a boost.
None of the progress can overcome unchecked global warming, however. “A 1.5-degree world is really a death knell for reefs,” warned Carol Phua, who leads the World Wildlife Federation’s Global Coral Reef Initiative. Coral polyps have squishy bodies but have evolved the miraculous ability to secrete calcium carbonate, which makes up the visible architecture of a reef.
That focus is something Alan Wallish appreciates. He’s a tourism operator in Cairns who has spent several decades on the reef, and his business, Passions of Paradise, is among the five guiding companies partnering with the university scientists. The idea, he said, is “about looking after your own little patch.”
What about the coldest Antartica on record? Is that global warming too?
Islam is protected by 3 countries in the world today, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. Soon a time will come when 2 countries will fall, becoming a victim to the war against truth. Muhammad Qasim has seen many dreams about the future of Muslim ummah.
Not true, Great Barrier Reef is doing fine.
fact check this…not really true
should listen to real science. NOT political science.
Spreading the Big Lie: Climate Change will end the world. propaganda
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