Death on the Great Barrier Reef: how dead coral went from economic resource to conservation symbol
Journal Contribution ResearchOnline@JCULloyd, Rohan James
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A recently published obituary for the Great Barrier Reef has drawn ire from reef scientists. While obituaries, even satirical ones, are undoubtedly premature, they are part of a long and complicated history of death on the reef. The obituary comes after this year’s record bleaching event in the northern section of the reef, where more than 50% of coral has died on some reefs. Since settlement, dead reefs along the Great Barrier Reef have been celebrated as an economic resource, criticised as a scientific misnomer, and now seemingly embraced by conservationists as a shock tactic.
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