Push for Net Zero Amid Claims Great Barrier Reef May Disappear

The Great Barrier Reef could disappear, according to a University of Melbourne academic. Benjamin Henley led research into the “Highest Ocean Heat in Four Centuries Places Great Barrier Reef in Danger” report for the university, that maps 400 years of research into summer sea temperatures in the Coral Sea. The report claims to show proof of recent hot temperatures on earth contributing to mass coral bleaching events. For the analysis, Henley and his team reconstructed sea surface temperature data from 1618 through to 1995 by using coral skeleton samples from the Coral Sea. Data from the samples was then married up with sea temperature records from 1900 to 2024....