Great Barrier Reef faces rapid coral loss

Oct 05 2012 Posted by Office Administraton


 

The AIMS Long Term Monitoring Program (LTMP) has been surveying the health of 47 reefs in the Great Barrier Reef annually since 1993. This represents the longest continuous temporal record of change in reef communities over such a large scale. Please, have a look at several reports two days ago:

 

 

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/half-the-great-barrier-reef-gone-in-under-30-years-says-aims-study/story-fncyva0b-1226486114293

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/01/us-australia-reef-idUSBRE89018K20121001

 

and watch also the short interview with the Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke from Australia.