Posts claim scientists were wrong to say that climate change harms coral reefs after a study found bursts of growth in the Great Barrier Reef The trend was driven by fast-growing coral species that are particularly vulnerable to stress from warmer seas
Climate scientists overwhelmingly agree that carbon emissions from humans burning fossil fuels are heating the planet, with global heating spawning massiveAnd despite bursts of growth in the Great Barrier Reef, coral reefs remain vulnerable to the effects of climate change.about a report published in August 2022, which found an increase in coral reef cover in the northern and central Great Barrier Reef.
"The 2020 and 2022 bleaching events, while extensive, didn’t reach the intensity of the 2016 and 2017 events and, as a result, we have seen less mortality," he said. And while coral cover improved in the northern and central reef, the southern region saw a fall in average coral cover from 38 percent to 34 percent in the period studied.Lucie Penin, an associate professor specialising in coral reef ecology at the University of Reunion Island, said that growth in parts of the reef did not mean that the vast ecosystem was safe from the effects of climate change.
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