Lomborg: ‘Don’t always believe the scare stories’ – ‘Today, the Great Barrier Reef is better than ever. But 12 years ago, we were told about the ‘Great Reef Catastrophe”

Today, the Great Barrier Reef is better than ever

But 12 years ago, we were told about the “Great Reef Catastrophe”

and how the reef would be almost gone today

Moral of the story: Don’t always believe the scare stories

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Here is the official data

apps.aims.gov.au/reef-monitorin…

https://apps.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/sector/list

Here is the 2012 article telling us about the terrible state of the Great Barrier Reef

and about how it will almost halve again by 2022 to 5-10%

pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

https://pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1208909109

Here the three media articles (of very many) reporting the purported “Great reef catastrophe”

— now entirely reversed, with Great Barrier Reef having more coral cover than ever since measurements started

smh.com.au/environment/co…
bbc.com/news/science-e…
cbsnews.com/news/half-of-g…

Half of Great Barrier Reef lost in past 3 decadesA home to incredible biodiversity, researchers estimate 3.4 percent of Reef is lost every yearhttps://cbsnews.com/news/half-of-great-barrier-reef-lost-in-past-3-decades/

Great reef catastropheHalf the Great Barrier Reef’s coral has disappeared in the past 27 years and less than a quarter could be left within a decade unless action is taken, a landmark study has found.https://smh.com.au/environment/conservation/great-reef-catastrophe-20121002-26vzq.html

Half of Great Barrier Reef coral lost in last 27 yearsAustralia’s Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years, according to a new study.https://bbc.com/news/science-environment-19800253