Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is, well, great. But the popular media won’t report this good news, so I will.  The GBR is made up of approximately 3,000 reefs covering an area nearly the size of California off Australia’s eastern coast. The condition of its coral is frequently referenced as an indicator of the reef’s health, regularly in the context of the supposed damage global warming is doing to the planet.  The reef now has more coral than any time since records began … [Read more...]