Contrary to the incessant bleating of office-based Great Barrier Reef “experts” (who visit the Reef a couple of weeks in a year), the reported incidents of coral bleaching are nothing new, unusual or threatening. They are common natural events no more threatening than trees shedding their leaves with the changing seasons, or occasionally in response to a dry spell. Some readily verifiable relevant facts: 1/ Tropical ocean waters are generally nutrient-poor and the symbiotic algal … [Read more...]