{"id":41535,"date":"2019-04-01T19:03:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T08:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=41535"},"modified":"2022-05-02T12:22:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T02:22:59","slug":"chief-scientist-at-gbr-marine-park-authority-fears-heavy-damage-from-cyclonetrevor-jackthelad1947-thereefreport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/chief-scientist-at-gbr-marine-park-authority-fears-heavy-damage-from-cyclonetrevor-jackthelad1947-thereefreport\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Scientist at #GBR Marine Park Authority fears heavy damage from #CycloneTrevor: @Jackthelad1947 #TheReefReport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rEw4UNfi5iw\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our climate is&nbsp;warming&nbsp;and this is causing changes in the&nbsp;Great&nbsp;Barrier Reef ecosystem which makes the Reef more vulnerable to possible impacts particularly over summer and cyclone season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016 and 2017 there was unprecedented back-to-back coral bleaching on the Reef north of Cairns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bleaching1.jpg?resize=620%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bleaching1.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bleaching1.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bleaching1.jpg?resize=600%2C426&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately this bleaching was not repeated in the summer of 2018, but the coral was hit by record-breaking flooding in February 2019, and a severe tropical cyclone that passed over the reef on March 19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cyclone_trevor.jpg?resize=620%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cyclone_trevor.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cyclone_trevor.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cyclone_trevor.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Severe Cyclone&nbsp;Trevor passes over the reef.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority told Senate estimates hearings in Canberra recently that there is a chance corals hit by mass bleaching in 2016 or 2017 could be damaged again by one of several impacts from the flooding disaster&nbsp;that hit&nbsp;Townsville&nbsp;in&nbsp;February&nbsp;2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists are surveying the marine fallout from the state\u2019s latest natural disaster, with the spectacle of muddy waters fanning out from swollen rivers of the Whitsundays to Cape Tribulation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov\/?p=geographic&amp;l=VIIRS_SNPP_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor,MODIS_Aqua_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor(hidden),Reference_Labels(hidden),Reference_Features(hidden),Coastlines&amp;t=2019-02-13-T00%3A00%3A00Z&amp;z=3&amp;v=146.369312305684,-19.494869532136107,147.24980017953408,-19.066558947347502\">captured in satellite images that have been shared around the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/burdekin_river_flood.jpg?resize=620%2C414&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/burdekin_river_flood.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/burdekin_river_flood.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/burdekin_river_flood.jpg?resize=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-02-15\/aerial-photo-of-plume-from-burdekin-river-off-north-queensland\/10813244\">Flood Plume from the Burdekin River<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Tourism&nbsp;industry&nbsp;in&nbsp;Australia&nbsp;employs over 534,000&nbsp;people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Queensland&#8217;s Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones in a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/statements.qld.gov.au\/Statement\/2018\/10\/10\/regional-plans-to-drive-queensland-tourism\">statement<\/a> said tourism was a $25 billion industry in the state and directly employed about 217,000 people, nearly 10 per cent of the state\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The risk to&nbsp;tourism&nbsp;from&nbsp;climate&nbsp;change&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;be over&nbsp;estimated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"322\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/tourism.jpg?resize=322%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/tourism.jpg?w=322&amp;ssl=1 322w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/tourism.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/marine_loss.jpg?resize=620%2C354&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/marine_loss.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/marine_loss.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/marine_loss.jpg?resize=600%2C343&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/2018\/10\/08\/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments\/\">IPCC Report&nbsp;<\/a>released in October 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, the IPCC said in a new assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With clear benefits to people and natural ecosystems, limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C compared to 2\u00b0C could go hand-in-hand with ensuring a more sustainable and equitable society, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s clear if we are to save the Great Barrier Reef and protect thousands of jobs in the tourism industry we must act now.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content 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