Coral bleaching is not only heartbreaking, it’s also bad economics
- Written by Laurence McCook, Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow, Partner Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
The latest official update on the health of the Great Barrier Reef is heartbreaking.
Released on Friday, the fourth five-yearly Outlook Report prepared by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority says the window of opportunity to secure a positive future for the Reef is “closing rapidly”.
While the overall condition of coral reef...