alt Hacker NewsHappy to report the northern and central GBR coral cover is currently higher than any time measured before 2020. Southern is currently below its long-term average, but 2024 was a record high in coral cover.
https://www.aims.gov.au/monitoring-great-barrier-reef/gbr-co...
This doesn't mean everything is fine, but it is doing way better than 2017.
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mi_lk • yesterday at 10:42 PM
I wonder if coral coverage is a meaningful stat itself. Does that directly translate to diversified creatures?
Was in central GBR this year, can't say I'm super impressed but not sure how I should set my expectation
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Wow, I wasn’t aware of this. I’ve always read climate change as the primary driver for bleaching. If that is the case, do we know why/how they’ve recovered?