by Peter Ridd The latest statistics on the amount of coral on the Great Barrier Reef, just released by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, should end 60 years of flawed predictions of its imminent demise. The coral cover for 2023, averaged over the entire reef, was not statistically different from last year’s record-breaking high… Continue Reading
by Dr. Peter Ridd – August 11, 2022 Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is, well, great. But the popular media won’t report this good news, so I will. The GBR is made up of approximately 3,000 reefs covering an area nearly the size of California off Australia’s eastern coast. The condition of its coral is… Continue Reading