Great Barrier Reef 2024 RECORD-EQUALING CORAL! Never had more coral than in 2024.
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Details on how Dr Ridd aggregates the 2024 coral statistics, click on here platogbr.com/3...
Dr Peter Ridd has been researching the Great Barrier Reef since 1984, has invented a range of advanced scientific instrumentation, and written over 100 scientific publications.
Since being fired by James Cook University for raising concerns about science quality assurance issues, Peter Ridd receives no payment for any of the work he does.
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Glad you're speaking out about this when no one else is.
this good news has to get out there more!
Since THE WORLD is concerned with the health of the Great Barrier Reef, I'm sure this video will be moved up to a top recommendation by Google's virtuous algorithm.
LoL!
Here in USA it's tagged with a climate change warning.
🤣
@@geraldfrost4710 Also in the UK
And Australia @@me38443
Same in Aus
Keep up the good work Peter. 👍
Yes, those institutions need auditing and the ABC needs to be defunded.
Why? Because they report on facts you don't like? Rather listen to heavily right wing biased sky news?
ABC doesn't need to be defined, it needs to be fixed; the current leadership and staff removed, and the charter adherence mandated. It does need to be reduced in size to, especially where it is not performing or necessary (due to existing commercial services) or where it is impacting commercial competition.
@@23DuDeI’d like to think the ABC could be reformed but unfortunately I fear it’s way beyond any redemption. If the ABC is so essential and precious let’s see how long it would last with a subscription model, it’d be dead within a week
Absolute bullshit channel I think it now stands for
Yes! Great information. Thank you!
Its fantastic news that should be on the media!
How much would this world change if people just had the courage to be honest
A lot if folks like Ridd were honest and stopped trying to peddle misinformation for his IPA funded masters.
That graph he is showing, is from AIMS data. You know who AIMS is don't you? The Australian Institute of Marine Science. The top science body on the GBRMP. Dr Ridd is just sharing their data on the state of the GBR.
@@archades54I have no education about marine science so have no idea who to believe, are you able to expand on what misinformation etc peter ridd is spreading? Or a link or video to some truthful info? Thanks
@kizzjd9578 he said were spreading
@@archades54 You just kicked an own goal idiot. The graph is from the offical record
I've just passed this video on to everyone on my mailing list, thank you Peter.
Love to help in any way. I'm sick of the political and scientific propaganda BS. It's been spewing out ever since I left high school in 1970 (Queensland) and still going. I'm on a pension now but I've always supported Peter Ridd. 👍
He's funded by a group that wants to remove your pension. Or heavily reduce it. Say goodbye to Medicare if they got their way.
As a Queenslander, would be happy to contribute to a GoFundMe or similar. Keep spreading the message Dr Ridd !
Yes thats a good idea thanks
He's funded by the coal industry and the IPA, he doesn't need you to fund him. Fossil fuels industry will gladly do that.
@@archades54 Bhwhhahaa 🤣🤣🤡
@@archades54
FOS
GoFundMe is a pretty much a criminal enterprise. Look what they did to the Canadian Truckers for example.
Thanks for the good news,again,Dr Ridd. I'm just wondering when the hysterics will start screeching about "dangerously high levels of coral growth." You heard it here first!
wouldnt surprise us! they are formulating their excuse now before this data has to be released to the public, they have to be rather creative this time
@@reefrebels What data? Ridd hasn't supplied even a single piece of evidence, a single photo, a single map, nothing. You know he's definitely a fraud when he badgers you for money.
all the data is available on Australia Institute of Marine Science apps.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/sector/list and in the link platogbr.com/308-2/ which is mentioned in the video . Dr Ridd does not get paid for this work, he has no incentive to lie about this - RR
Asking good questions demands good answers.
Sadly a healthy sustainable GBR doesn't provide the grant money institutions strive for. Keep up the great work; some of us are watching, even if not those that matter.
Why wouldn't they attract grant money? Reef still needs monitoring even if it's fine. See Ridd, your followers are conspiracy theorists who lack basic critical thinking. Aren't you proud?
"The last three years have seen higher levels of coral than at any time since records began 35 years ago. It's wonderful because it proves that the reef is doing so well. As anybody in North Queensland knows, it's a pristine ecosystem, one of the most pristine on Earth." ~Reef Rebels, 2024
Dr.Ridd:
Great to see you after a malicious attack from the Warmist! On your team.
Huh? Can you provide more details. I'd like to know about that.
Everything is a disaster. Winning the lottery would also be a disaster.
This will not be showed in our schools
it should be
@@reefrebels What should happen, and what doesn't happen, are quite different.
Schools only show scientists with integrity.
GLAD TO HEAR IT. I'm a Yank who has dived the B Reef a few times, some of the greatest adventures of my life
Champion of truth.
And still the algorithm puts a warning on your channel.
Because he's a fraudster.
@@davidbarry994fraud what frauds do you speak of.
@@davidbarry994Sad.
@@davidbarry994and your supporting evidence is...
@@theHentySkepticand we’re still waiting while he gathers his vast array of evidence. So easy to just spit out an accusation and leave it at that no evidence needed
Thank you Dr Ridd. I would love to be a part of the cure that fixes this coral climate madnes . God Bless You
Wow what a terrible shock it is to discover that the fast growing coral grow back first! My oh my who would have thought that was possible? Clearly not the academic staff of James Cook Uni.
Their rhetoric of course is designed to ensure the continued flow of Federal taxation funds in a never-ending way to "fix" what doesn't need fixing.
I would support a campaign, and buy a t shirt. Keep up the good work😊
for the corrupt media the penguins, polar bears, bees and corals are always starving to death😂
Thanks for the update Peter.
Perfect comment! Thank you from Switzerland.
I would say they are lying.
Well that was a refreshing point of view.
Great real science in showing the truth about nature and its ability to manage itself despite these fake predictions of gloom and doom.
AND don't forget "today is the HOTTEST day in HISTORY since YESTERDAY". Cheers everyone.
Thank you Peter - voice of truth and reason again. If you start a fundraiser to help get this message out Im happy to chip in.
Great, thank you for the support
Well done Peter! Let’s hope we can get this good news story to a wider audience.
Its the coral hockey stick.
So pleased to find you.
But the UN said its true
They said the oceans are boiling too. How stupid do they think people are?
Thank you for this 🙏fantastic news!!
Many thanks for the update, Peter! I will forward this link to my colleagues in Sweden!
Not only have they been Lying but they also lie by omission. Follow the money & de fund the frauds.
Peter, your efforts to put the record straight is invaluable , and greatly appreciated. . .
Thank you for bringing this to people's attention. I hate all the constant negativity about warming being bad while all evidence would indicate that cooling would be an actual massive problem.
I love what you present. Please keep doing it, if you don't mind.
Have you considered starting a 'Fossil Fuel Party' and running candidates in state and federal elections? You'll be surprised how many people will join your party and/or vote for you. Think of all the labor voters in the mining & extraction industries who will like a party that will support their industry rather than support the opinions of the (self-opinionated) decaf-soy-latte sippers in the southeast. How many miners in inland Queensland, The Hunter Valley, The La Trobe Valley, The Pilbarra, the NE Shelf, the NT, and the Eastern Goldfields will vote for a party that supports them & their livelihood?
By the way I saw a vlog on one of these nuclear blasted reefs and it looks pristine.
yes surprisingly, those reefs have all recovered
@@reefrebels Must be something in the water I guess...🤣
Thank you for the great news. Middx, GB.
And it looks like those boats creating the clouds are Diesel powered
the haze looks like the exhaust 😂
Agreed Peter. Another well researched presentation. Many thanks.....sharing
Something like 20% global greening, 15% increase in agricultural production, coral reefs increasing...this warming is terrifying...🥶
20% loss of farming productivity in Australia in 20 years actually.
Keep the good work up Peter 👍
Wonderful news 🎉👏👏 thank you so much for this video and all that you do
Thank you for preparing and posting THE TRUTH
Well informed perspective. Thnx.
Hope David Attenborough is seeing this..
Why wont media report it?
the political leaning of the mass media , especially in Australia
@@reefrebels You mean the largely right wing media networks including sky news who you've been on? ABC's turned centre right, scared of defunding. Only the guardian leans left. Yet none of those reported on this? Funny that.
Thanks for the update Peter. May I add another quote to your arsenal: "Correlation is causation whenever convenient!". With best wishes from the West.
Great vid , great facts keep it up
I believe the GBR Management Authority has had a positive effect green zones. Etc. first dived GBR 1991 I have noticed an overall improvement in reef health since then Great video series Peter. Awareness for the REEF I don’t own a mining company but if you get a few Reef Rebel T - shirts printed I will buy a couple
Yes after all the money spent on the reef, there better be some positive effect and thats a great idea for merch , thanks
Adding clouds, I thought clouds (water vapour) was a order of magnitude more of a green house gas than CO2?
I love honest people who just tell it like it is. Shame on the scammers who are just taking the public for a ride, and collecting a fat paycheck while they do it.
Keep spreading the word!
I was never a climate change denier but starting to question the narrative now.
Recently also discovered that desert areas are actually becoming more green, exactly the opposite of what was predicted...
Lots of the data is not matching up with what we are being told.
I would buy a T shirt if it helped. I am in the UK, with rellies in Oz. Been travelling to and from since the 60's. More power to your elbow as we would say here.
well said
Inconvenient truths.
Good lord actually hearing good news is like taking drugs!
Corals formed in high co2 atmosphere, they are loving 450ppm.
Vocabulary Suggestion….
Supercalamityfragileistic-expirealadocious! (Apologies to Mary Poppins…. Who is about as real as the cries of disaster)
I saw Peters presentation some years ago at a property rights Australia conference in Rocky
Good work Dr full support from grazier in the reef catchment
How much runoff from your farm goes to the reef?
The AIMS reports are usually pretty accurate. Some alarmist articles also appear from time to time contradicting the reports. I guess it keeps the overall funding intact.
Oooh no there’s no sky falling no end of days what will the doomsday nutters do now.
You can bet they will release a real virus or start ww3 to cover there arses .
An untruth is not a lie? Since when?
depends on whether it was deliberately untrue
@@reefrebels that sounds like polictian speak.
He's making the distinction between saying something which they know to be untrue, which is lying, and making an honest mistake. Personally, I find it hard to believe that at least some of these aren't being deliberately deceitful - I don't know how so many scientists could be so stupid. But Dr Ridd is more involved in all this than I am, so I'll take his word for it.
Hi, I'm a biologist ecology/zoology. Not a specialist in coral. However, since I like the great coral reef, been following papers and research. I cannot find any real data regarding "a dying reef". Has someone done some core/sedimentation samples for, let's say, 10,000 years? Correlate with temperatures? There's a reason we have got limestone. Also, I am very concerned about releasing genetically modified species, every time scientists are doing this something bad happens, and ecosystems get damaged. Kind regards, Annie from Perth
Peter, are you related to another Dr Ridd who was at James Cook University teaching chemistry about 1990-2004? I was studying pharmacy then.
Yes, that was my brother Michael Ridd
While I don't know much about coral, I know a line of bullshirt when I hear it.
Remember Turnbull 440 million dollars , wonder how that’s going
I have just, tonight, read further articles about the danger of bleaching events.
I was wondering what the connection was between Coral and Great Britain (GBR).
It was discovered by James Cook - who was from GBR. Best I can do!
Peter, the way you were treated by the ideologues is downright scandalous.
It is already frustrating for me as a layman to have to listen to all the nonsense from corrupt politicians and media, how bad must it be for a professional like you?
Respect from a far away country, Belgium, where we don't have these corals because it is too "cold" here.
Thank you for your support all the way from Belgium!
You must be well paid by the Russian oil industry!
Sea levels were 130 metres lower than today at the end of the last age 20,000 years ago. This would mean that the GBR was dry land with subtropical forest.
So where were the corals 20,000 years ago?
science for grants
"100% More polar bears than 30 years ago. Isn't this great news?!". Alarmists: " Those are the wrong kinds of polar bears..."
Some good points maybe but it would be good to hear from a coral expert rather then flashing attention grabbing media headlines as evidence.
I agree with B below me. Completely.
What happened in 2021? Did we discover a lot more reef? Or did it naturally grow by, what 20%?
Quoting Wikipedia, "Ridd is known for a lengthy legal battle with his former employer JCU, which has been variously characterised as a battle for academic freedom[2] and as a media campaign seeking to discredit the science informing the protection of the Great Barrier Reef.[3][4][5]"
The theguardian environment 2019 aug 2 great barrier reef expert panel article says peter ridd is misrepresenting science...
This Reuters article fact check is not good for Peter Ridd:
Fact Check
Mass bleaching events in the Great Barrier Reef kill coral and risk the future of the reef
By Reuters Fact Check
May 26, 20229:19 AM PDTUpdated 2 years ago
Reuters Fact Check
The Australian Government’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Summer Snapshot 2021-22 document made headlines recently after it revealed over 90% of the Great Barrier Reef's coral "exhibited some bleaching," based on an aerial survey.
But one scientist, Peter Ridd, sought to downplay the significance of the bleaching visible from the air in a social media post, insisting that "Most bleached coral fully recovers" and that a separate report shows “the [Great Barrier] reef presently has record high, or near record high, coral cover in 2020/21” (here).
and I, honest to God, have never been more optimistic about America's future if we stick together.
The government document -- which notes that areas of the reef showing bleaching were consistent with previously documented areas of ocean warming -- can be seen here .
Ridd does not dispute the government’s finding of visible coral bleaching but claims bleached coral does not die, it mostly makes a full recovery. He also claims air surveys only capture the top part of the reef, so cannot reflect reef health deeper down.
He says he decided to test the government’s findings, “By diving - and we found spectacular coral… Certainly, there was some bleaching but almost no mortality.”
Other social media posts have echoed Ridd’s claims that "the reef is fine" underwater (here and here), and that coral recovers from bleaching (here).
Ridd is a former academic who was terminated by James Cook University in Australia, where he had been head of the Physics department, for remarks he made about a colleague’s work investigating the impact of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef (here).
Reuters contacted Ridd for comment, and he said: “After all these mass bleaching events, which were supposedly unprecedented, the reef is doing well enough. How can that happen without there being some exaggeration about damage to the reef?”
Reef Recovery
Ridd took the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) long-term monitoring findings as his basis for asserting that the health of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is not under threat (here).
Although the AIMS study does show some recovery to the reef following previous stressors, it does not indicate an overall picture of reef health, which marine biologists say is increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
The study’s summary says, “hard coral cover increased across all three regions … in the last two years, and most reefs surveyed had moderate or high coral cover.” It also says that the “GBR remains exposed to the predicted consequences of climate change” and that “the observed recovery has been seen previously and can be reversed in a short amount of time.”
Professor of Marine Sciences at Stanford University, Steve Palumbi, says claiming that the Great Barrier Reef is seeing record coral cover is misleading. “The GBR is showing strong recovery this year from a record double-whammy of bleaching,” he says.
Palumbi added: “Coral cover is actually slightly lower than normal levels in the north, central and southern parts of the huge reef. But coral diversity hasn’t recovered - the increase of cover is due to a set of very fast-growing species. Like a forest of fast-growing trees, not the normal oaks.”
There are many varieties of coral on the reef, with hard coral cover of huge significance to marine scientists.
Pointing to a study (here), President of the International Coral Reef Society (coralreefs.org/) Andrea Grottoli, says, “Australia is at record low of hard coral cover (see Ch 2, page 8), most of this decline due to declines on the GBR.”
Ridd, the original social media poster, is familiar to marine biologists who claim he is known for spreading misinformation about the Great Barrier Reef.
Selina Ward, senior lecturer at Queensland University specializing in coral reef ecology and physiology, told Reuters via email that: “[Ridd] usually cherry picks small sections of data, ignoring everything around it.”
She added, “Reefs are good at recovering when there are not additional stresses. The trouble now is the frequency of stress events - bleaching events, cyclones and Crown of thorns outbreaks that damage the reef.”
Scientific fact-checkers Climate Feedback debunked previous claims by Ridd about the Great Barrier Reef (here).
Bleaching = Damage
In the original social media post, Ridd claims that “Bleaching is a common, but not very damaging, phenomenon.”
Terry Hughes, professor of marine biology at James Cook University in Australia, described this claim as “utterly false.”
He pointed to a study he co-authored, which concludes, “The increasing prevalence of post-bleaching mass mortality of corals represents a radical shift in the disturbance regimes of tropical reefs, both adding to and far exceeding the influence of recurrent cyclones and other local pulse events, presenting a fundamental challenge to the long-term future of these iconic ecosystems”(here).
That coral bleaching is common and becoming ever more common should not be taken as a reassurance that everything is fine with the reef, says Grottoli.
“It is incredibly damaging as it can lead to mass mortality events that can take years or decades to recover from -- provided there are no additional bleaching events,” she told Reuters via email.
Coral can survive bleaching events, but the frequency of bleaching - as a direct consequence of climate change - is threatening the future of the Great Barrier Reef.
Grottoli adds, “Over the last decade, 14% of the world's coral reefs have been lost due to climate change. Even if corals don't die, they are physiologically impacted and work in my own lab has shown that it can take more than a year to recover and that some species of corals may survive the first bleaching event, but not fare as well following bleaching the following year.”
Ward backs up her sentiments: “Even if mortality is not high, corals that have bleached take time to get their strength back, may become diseased, out-competed and take time to reproduce again. Our biggest concern of course is the decreasing interval between bleaching events, diminishing the time available for recovery.”
More information on the impact of climate extremes on coral reefs can be seen (here), (here) and (here).
VERDICT
False. While coral recovery on the Great Barrier Reef was high in 2020/2021 after previous stressors, this finding does not paint a picture of overall reef health or mean the reef is no longer at risk. Bleaching continues to be potentially deadly, and to threaten coral cover and diversity on the reef.
This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team
this is what happens when you whistleblow on your employer's (JCU) quality assurance issues
@@glike2 Ever heard the quote “ Don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story” Some news papers are obviously more adept at obscuring & twisting the facts.
Wonder who this is NOT reported on the ABC ??
I think it is a religious movement. The IMPORTANT component in the story for “believers” is that we humans have done this…we have sinned against “the planet” and now we are all doomed. Only this can explain the rage you see focused against even the concept that there is any evidence for a counter narrative. Even on this UA-cam video you will see a short paragraph right at the beginning stating clearly a principle part of the catechism, the creed….”This I believe”
Paganistic cult.
Can someone forward this to Clive Palmers office!
Interesting, seems like even in science the YT algorithm favors rousing contrarian content. Quick search yielded information strongly suggesting this video is contrarian and controversial. As a long-time non-expert in countless subjects, I've learned that the consensus expert opinion usually - though not always - is correct. Hence, unlike the algorithm, I tend to favor mainstream science while giving benefit of doubt to differing views when warranted. I need not make up my mind on the subject nor get riled up about it.
Not a chance of this news hitting main stream. Global wheels are turning
this sounds like the same guy from the daily insight channel ?
daily insight channel is excellent at exposing government problems, wrote him a comment to ask him to do one on the GBR
Sadly, this isn't gwtting the press that it deserves. We all know why.
Kind of goes against the '...global warming is killing...' narrative?
Why is this report a complete inverse of what the so-called Australian Reef Authority says on every other video one can find? How can we possibly know who to believe when it all comes down to apparent bias?
Well, this is based from their own AIMS data which can be found here apps.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/sector/list
Why are all the reef tour operators taking tourists to the outer reef now then?
Supercalifragelisticexpialidotious bad!
You might not say they are lying, but I will.
Good luck telling the facts and science . Frankenstein coral ? What could go wrong ?
What could go wrong with wild Black berries , prickly pair .rabbit , fox , goat , deer , camel , Cain toad , pig , etc etc...
The reef is dead..😂 stop telling the truth..
Thanks for all you do Peter...
Has this dude been there? It's dead as... I live there, I go there, I've seen it change, I've watched it die
The size of GBR is immense , which reefs are you referring to ? No doubt it changes alot from cyclones , COTS outbreak, bleaching etc but it also recovers
@@reefrebels I've been all over the reef from almost the very top to very bottom, which is lady Elliot Island. I've been there twice. I've dived off Lady Musgrave as well. Both those southern islands are still quite beautiful. I've been to the kepples multiple times and even spent a few days on Great Keppel and dived on both reefs, shelving and monkey beach. I've done many fringing reefs on the mainland such as Bowen. It was one of my favorite places until a recent trip where it's all dead. It was absolutely teeming with biodiversity only a few years ago. I've been to the Whitsundays multiple times and spent weeks there in total. I swam on various reefs off various islands. It's completely Barron and desolate. I've dived off Magnetic island and Green island. Green island made me cry. It's been trashed. I've also been to several of the outer reefs including Norman reef and Saxon reef plus another reef I can't remember off the top of my head at the moment. I'm sure there's a few other experiences inside the GBRMP that I've forgotten. I've also flown over it too which is amazing I'll admit that. Coral recovers but not if rate of change is too rapid or frequent and not if it gets too hot permanently. Also this dude is only speaking about coral cover. Coral cover doesn't reflect amount of species. Some species may be gone and the space is filled with a remaining species. Coral cover also does not allocate for how much coral is bleached
Doesn't Vietnam have the same corals as Australia and there the sea is two degrees warmer than Australia and they have never been threatened.
The reef has been on its last legs and totally doomed since I was a boy, fully 60 years a ago.
The most interesting bit is that those making money from a healthy reef, the tourism and fishing industries, say it's in fine health and looking sensational while the scientists whose income depends on disaster say it's sick beyond recovery unless they get more money.
They can't all be right so someone is telling furphies.
My mother " The sea levels are rising son look at the atols in the PAcific " me " Mum you ever see water in a glass highert in one point than ANY other part ? I fish mother all i see is nature , in other words LAND recalaiming the oceans .Back to the Pacific Atols , that are made wiht Coral , dead coral easisly errodable and every time they hsow the islands its a king Tide EVERY TIME Once just has to look at a TIDE CHART when the film was talken "
I first dove on the reef in 1976 nearly 50 yrs ago whilst undertaking a BSc in Marine Science. What we are seeing on the reef now is nothing like what I experienced then. Despite regular diving on the GBR, I have yet to find a truly healthy reef. Some of those in the southern Coral Sea last month were just lumps of calcium with nothing alive. PNG, late last year, was better. Friends are reporting some odd ones around the place that are fair, and that most improve with depth (mostly). Sorry Michael, I can't agree with your conclusions, nor AIMS's data as being representative.
And are you inferring that Climate Change is not real? Those in Northern Europe would disagree, The Norwegians informed me that they been aware of it for ages, and it was well documented.
But I was told the oceans were too acidic now, and all of the corals were going to die🥴 of course that was always nonsense brought to you by the same people who told you the food chain in the ocean was going to completely collapse and all there would be to eat from the sea would be jellyfish and sea cucumbers. Remember that?