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Great Barrier Reef Has Died Five Times In Last 30,000 Years, Study Says (newsweek.com)
schwit1 quotes a report from Newsweek: You may well have heard that Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef is dying as warmer and more acidic waters bleach the system's vibrant coral reefs. In fact, a heat wave killed nearly a third of the system's corals in 2016. Now, scientists writing in the journal Nature Geoscience have discovered the reef has bounced back from near-extinction five times in the last 30,000 years. The current stresses, however, are probably far more intense than those felt in the past.
Low sea levels 30,000 and 22,000 years ago killed coral by air exposure. The remaining reef shifted seaward and eventually bounced back. Rising sea levels -- like those we see today -- killed off the coral twice between 13,000 and 17,000 years ago. This time, coral inched close to land to survive. The reef system, the scientists think, migrated up to 60 inches a year in the face of a changing environment. The last of the five great die-offs occurred about 10,000 years ago, and was likely caused by a huge influx of sediment, a reduction in water quality and a general sea level rise. The reef system may be due for another die-off sometime in the next few thousand years "if it follows its past geological pattern," study author Jody Webster told AFP. "But whether human-induced climate change will hasten that death remains to be seen."
Low sea levels 30,000 and 22,000 years ago killed coral by air exposure. The remaining reef shifted seaward and eventually bounced back. Rising sea levels -- like those we see today -- killed off the coral twice between 13,000 and 17,000 years ago. This time, coral inched close to land to survive. The reef system, the scientists think, migrated up to 60 inches a year in the face of a changing environment. The last of the five great die-offs occurred about 10,000 years ago, and was likely caused by a huge influx of sediment, a reduction in water quality and a general sea level rise. The reef system may be due for another die-off sometime in the next few thousand years "if it follows its past geological pattern," study author Jody Webster told AFP. "But whether human-induced climate change will hasten that death remains to be seen."
Paul Allen has single-handedly killed over 80% (and counting) of the world's coral reefs which are known to be dead. He parks his yacht over top them and allows the anchor to drag around for months on end. This is not even a joke, it is not hyperbole, it is not a lie of any other form, this is an absolute publicly known fact (fucking Google it.) Either climate change killing the reefs is fake news on behalf of Paul Allen covering his ass or Paul Allen is taking an active role in creating the effects of "climate change" to perpetrate a hoax to regulate competitors of himself and his investments. Either way, coral reefs dying off are unrelated to any climate change effects and given the ready availability of the information relating to the damage Paul Allen has done to coral reefs around the world and researchers not seriously citing him as the root cause are at best paid shills and at worst entirely incompetent.