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To: russet who wrote (15503)	12/18/2009 7:15:49 PM
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Scientists 'crying wolf' over coral "A SENIOR marine researcher has accused Australian scientists of "crying wolf" over the threat of climate change to the Great Barrier Reef, exposing deep division about its vulnerability. Peter Ridd's rejection of the consensus position that the reef is doomed unless greenhouse emissions are checked comes as new research on the Keppel group, hugging Queensland's central coast, reveals its resilience after coral bleaching. Professor Ridd, a physicist with Townsville's James Cook University who has spent 25 years investigating the impact of coastal runoff and other problems for the reef, challenged the widely accepted notion that coral bleaching would wipe it out if climate change continued to increase sea surface temperatures. Instead of dying, the reef could expand south towards Brisbane as waters below it became warmer and more tolerable for corals, he said. His suggestion is backed up by an Australian Institute of Marine Science research team headed by veteran reef scientist Ray Berkelmans, which has documented astonishing levels of recovery on the Keppel outcrops devastated by bleaching in 2006." theaustralian.com.au Coral - more resilient than the high priests of AWG would like you to believe. "INTERNATIONAL audiences are easily swayed by scare stories about the impact of global warming on the Great Barrier Reef. Australians who dive off the reef, year in, year out, are not so easily convinced that its end is nigh. They see first-hand what our coverage today shows -- the Reef is more resilient than some might have predicted. Yes, there has been bleaching, but there is also a lot of healthy coral, much of it regrowth after damage caused by changes in temperatures." theaustralian.com.au