Great Barrier Reef dies again. Actually, yet again.

How many times have you heard that the reef has had massive coral loss and is doomed. Why do they not mention or downplay the massive growth of coral that occurs, or that the reef presently has record amounts of coral? Has there just been a half century of doom and exaggeration.
Dr Peter Ridd has been researching the Great Barrier Reef since 1984, has invented a range of advanced scientific instrumentation, and written over 100 scientific publications.
Since being fired by James Cook University for raising concerns about science quality assurance issues, Peter Ridd receives no payment for any of the work he does.
Also see / projectforrealsciencer...

[@colb715]

You’re a hero for telling the truth Peter …massive respect!!

[@TheMufcmark]

Hey Peter, I just dived Ribbon Reef 9, Ribbon Reef 10, Holmes Reef, Bougainville Reef and Osprey Reef. From what all the crew on the ship were saying, the rebound of the coral after the bleaching and cyclones, was amazing. These climate bedwetters are insane. The earth is capable of taking care of itself and believing we have the ability to control it, is bordering on narcissism.

[@reefrebels]

The Ribbons and trifactor reefs are amongst the most beautiful reefs we have seen . The occasional cyclone does wipe out some of the reefs but as witnessed the reef always recovers!

[@GazGuitarz]

Ahhhh... the fresh smell of truth. Absolutely agree!!

[@davidbrawner7679]

The Climate Alarmists crossed that Boarder long ago.

[@astronautical1082]

Narcissism is assignable to those who think the natural world has no limit in its capacity to indulge human selfishness, greed, and prideful ignorance.

[@terenceiutzi4003]

​@astronautical1082 nothing that man can do emounts to more than a fart in a hurricane to what the natural earth can do.

[@bertsrig6153]

Reef, what reef? I remember when it was wiped out by the crown of thorn starfish in the seventies.

[@francois853]

I see they have a robot floating around and killing those nowadays. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZvXqaSDfcisjJI&pp=ygUVc3RhcmZpc2gga2lsbGVyIHJvYm90

[@xenasloan6859]

Hell man, good memory! I thought only nutters like me recalled that stuff...

[@Chopperdriver]

Oh yes! I’d forgotten all about that!

[@OtayBuckwheat]

It was devastated in 2010 and 2011. The problem is, the ocean warmer and coral recovery is more difficult. Conservation efforts include creating more heat resistant coral and raising coral in cooler pools and transplanting it, but there's only so much that can done!

[@AquaMarine1000]

Once again, thank you, Peter.

[@rodpettet2819]

It's so good to hear the unvarnished truth, instead of the grant seekers exaggerations. Climate science in general seems dominated by those who cannot tell the truth.

[@daemon1143]

It seems there's no funding without alarmism; so much for science.

[@barryashenhurst2071]

Telling the truth. Oh dear. Whoever 'they' are must hate you.

[@christophergame7977]

'They are Marxist world governmenters. Klaus Schwab, George Soros, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, the UN, the WEF, et al..

[@stuiley424]

🤫 Mother Nature will never survive without our help, that’s the narrative and we all need to stick with it….

[@12cm32]

@@stuiley424 have you been on the reef and looked for yourself? I went and it has never looked better... NEVER LOOKED BETTER IN THE 40YRS I'VE LIVED IN QUEENSLAND AND VISITED THE REEF; MOTHER NATURE IS DOING JUST FINE . BOOK A HELI FLIGHT AND SEE WHAT I SAW, MARVELOUS.

[@browndog171063]

@@12cm32 I think stuiley424 is using sarcasm there bud.

[@voxac30withstrat]

@@12cm32 Yep been there a few times. Nothing wrong. Locals HATE these fear mongering liars.

[@nickstoic2944]

Thank you for your honest and positive presentation.

[@gregheth]

Thank you Peter

[@BusinessAustralian]

Could it be that a lack of disasters may lead to a lack of funding?

[@reefrebels]

Absolutely.

[@MyBelch]

Find a way to blame "the Americans."

[@jaytuberr]

Reminder that Peter is funded by consulting for coal company sea floor dredging and the mining magnate funded IPA covers his legal costs, who also made him head of their false environmental front

[@reefrebels]

We have said it so many times and will say it again. Dr Peter Ridd does not receive any payment for his work here and the only pay he got was when he was working for the university. All the consultation work when he was in the university was paid to JCU not him. Yet, he was fired from JCU for exposing the exaggeration of the reef degradation. We put the facts out here, let the people decide kzbin.infoXFHon4Mr65U

[@dfor50]

There aren't a lot of employment options for marine biologists. If they don't scream about a crisis then they won't have anyone to fund their boating activities.

[@cairnex4473]

Nailed it... just like all the "climate scientists" 97% of climate scientists agree they don't want to loose their funding.

[@GrooberNedJardine]

100% Agree . ,They must justify their existence . Unfortunately the Science now is bought and paid for by Lobby groups and corporations .

[@keithgray8136]

Love this comment 😂

[@patriottothecore6215]

I presume you mean boating holidays?

[@12cm32]

@@patriottothecore6215 ALL SCIENCE IS CORRUPT AND DUE TO FUNDING BIAS; LIKE YOUR POKE ABOUT A BOATING HOLIDAY WHEN THEY ARE WORKING DUE TO FUNDING THAT WANTS A PREFERED ANSWER NOT THE TRUTH? THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T ENJOY NICE THINGS.

[@axle.australian.patriot]

The GBR is beginning to sound like Schrodinger's Cat, both dead and alive at the same time. > Thanks for the bit of common sense science and the stats. I am so over the constant negative doom and gloom.

[@gufpott]

But but but .... think about Nemo. Don't you even care about Nemo and the fry.

[@noranicolea]

Spent the last 2 years diving the reef , it’s in great form, colour everywhere I’m heading back in as we speak and can’t wait

[@GazGuitarz]

Take care , that shark foaming at the mouth is our new eSafety Kommissar. Her truth seeking agents have already detected a truth manifestation breach in your location. Better to spear first and ask questions later.

[@torrespearls381]

Cheers Peter, same ole, same ole beautiful reef we have. We love it for all its various moods.

[@noname-nd8ec]

Thanks Peter, you have more courage than all our politicians combined.

[@rexjames0015]

They tell us also that the shot is safe and effective. Would like to shake your hand one day Dr. Ridd.

[@JAG8691]

Yet we witness sudden and unexpected consequences from it.

[@aeroearth]

If you disbelieve ALL "government" pronouncements about EVERYTHING, you'll be pretty right. Same goes for all those slavishly following the "governments" propaganda. "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" - George Orwell

[@stuiley424]

👍👍 (because KZbin won’t let me do that)

[@Fomites]

Take your meds.

[@astronautical1082]

Orwell was warning future generations about right wing authoritarianism.

[@jimihendrix991]

...lying by omission is the worst kind of lie...

[@fusion9619]

That's basically what I say every time I visit the doctor.

[@peterdixon-hughes7965]

Thanks Peter shock horror nature is just responding to ever changing conditions as it always does go see the reaf it is always beautiful always changing and dynamic

[@reefrebels]

Yes exactly!

[@HansReichhardtsohn]

​@@reefrebelsYou should be ashamed of yourself.

[@_Solaris]

​@@HansReichhardtsohn for?

[@kirklaird5020]

Thank you for your detailed, data-driven explanations

[@iandibley8032]

Possibly, the reef has had many ups & downs over the centuries, dozens of cyclones. In the '70 reef was finished due the crown of thorn starfish we were told . More money is made by reporting disasters.

[@gingertom56]

The crown of thorns starfish was cause by the nutrients run off from the fertilisers from cane farms. Now days they have ponds on the down side of the crops on farms to collect the water and is pumped back on the crops. That stop a lot of fertilizer nutrient run off

[@reefrebels]

There is no conclusive evidence to suggest that nutrients from farms caused COTS outbreaks , we did a detailed video on this kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX-llZWjlsSZmNU

[@timbrandis1151]

Thanks for the facts minus the hysteria,Dr Ridd. Greta will be disappointed!

[@thesmallnotesduo]

Truth always wins out - the amount of sh*t we have to go through to get to it varies

[@masmainster]

Well I never listen to them when they say that Peter, I just laugh, lefties aren't happy unless there is a big drama about something.

[@JaneJones-lg3bd]

YES! The ONLY thing that seems to liven up their lives is "crisis" and they will dream one up if necessary! Then they can skip off work and go protest somewhere!

[@OVTraveller]

Having travelled from Thursday Island down to Cairns in 2022 and stopping on many islands, including Lizard Island, the reef was intact, including the regrown reef on Lizard Island, I can only conclude that the alarm calls are a furphy.

[@drivenbyrage5710]

It's also interesting how the same people who have predicted sea levels rising for decades, are the same people who continue to buy seaside property.

[@Jack-r2v9b]

Yes but if you can show people a picture from 20 years ago at low tide and a picture today of high tide at the same location and pick up a cheap block of land .....

[@mpearce820]

It is the same twist of the truth everywhere in the world about everything that is associated with nature. Lovely presentation, thank you for the truth.

[@mickbuilding8250]

Thankyou for the truth

[@stevencarter7031]

Good work yet again..keep it going 👍

[@Gumbatron01]

I wonder what Hanrahan would have had to say about coral reefs?

[@timbrandis1151]

It's rooned!

[@exvictorian3605]

Thank you

[@python27au]

Thanks mate. I was under the impression that it wasn’t growing back and thats what all the shouting was about. Lying bastards can get stuffed.

[@reefrebels]

unfortunately most of the people in the world thinks the reef is dead due to all these news..

[@vasilymartin4051]

It reminds me of the Turkish rug outlet closing down sale when I was growing up. That place was still closing down 5 - 10 years after the first ad on TV

[@doughaug]

As a landlocked American, I cannot image anything ever changing in the oceans, tides, fish migration, cyclones.

[@rickcarter3063]

Keep telling the facts Dr Ridd.

[@11rightstuff]

Common sense again and concise data evaluation from Dr Ridd. Thank you Sir. Clear as a bell👍

[@floweringpassions7462]

keep up the good work ...... countering "the plan"

[@yt.damian]

The hyper politicization of the reef is very much reflected across so many topics. The press and the interest groups and the politicians make a lot of noise about the edge statistics which are not representative of the whole. We are seeing it again right now in Australia on a new (albeit one that makes regular appearances) topic.

[@TheCraigy83]

Men who look like us wont even be here in 50yrs . put your time into something more localised and worth your while , the new people who mostly come from Indi + chin wont give a flying f**k about the barrier reef or any wildlife land or sea . They eat anything that moves .

[@killjoyredux8361]

Indeed. The replacement agenda is real.

[@wwiiinplastic4712]

The ones coming into our territory have already been caught poaching protected species, livestock, and in one case our national bird.

[@stuiley424]

Just remember international shipping channels for multi national corporations are ok, it is driving to work that is actually killing the reef.

[@barraabus]

😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@andrewst9797]

The 'Greens' have sold out the environment!

[@waynemurray2256]

Farmers have to control erosion but multinational wind farms built on divide have no controls

[@reefrebels]

Its a terrible thing for the government to blame the farmers

[@CSGATI]

It dies here but grows there. Everything that lives will die with time.

[@alanjm1234]

They know they can lie with impunity because very few people get out to the reef to see for themselves.

[@PhilJonesIII]

You get the impression from some articles that you can just pop out and check the GBR in an afternoon. It's 340,000 sq kilometers. And when they say 'dead', do they mean 'dead' or 'not currently aesthetically pleasing'? There is a difference. Whatever, please keep up the good work and message. The disasters always seem to be things that Joe Average can't check for himself. Funny that.

[@issigonis975]

I remember the starfish one. I hope you are right as I sit in the middle on this one along with the degree CO2 will affect climate. We had it in the news this week and they talked about coral, they gave a long apocalyptic section on climate change and right at the end a sentence 'oh by the way El Nino..' My trust in scientific research in these political areas took a massive blow during the pandemic as 'researchers' brought out paper after paper with little more than correlation. This was then presented to us average Joe's as proof so, unless you took time to research a bit, which was hard with the general suppression of information which is still there, you took it as direct cause and effect. It seems in climate the researches are told the answer and then to go out and show the evidence for that proposition which not being a scientist seems arse about face and ends up with very selective evidence. They look under the stones they believe will most likely give the answer and skip the others. I strayed onto a channel and regretted it called Potholer something and he was a classic example and regretted putting a comment very quickly. It was almost like I had question part of someones religious belief. It came to basically leave it to us smart people you know nothing argument. Very poor communication.

[@robertcampbell6521]

Yep coral bleaches and then more coral spawn lands on the bleached coral and then regrows the new layer, thats just how it works.

[@anomamos9095]

Just have a think. If there weren’t all these people spreading doom and gloom and the sky is falling we would have to suffer the horror of getting on and enjoying our lives with nothing to worry about. Oh the horror!

[@davehad-enough2369]

Oddly if you give bucket loads of cash the reef doesn't appear to require attention for another year. We went to the reef off Bundaberg last year - it's just beautiful. That must be the section that got the money.

[@deniscousley6905]

As in polar bears dying off, starving and at risk whilst increasing population.

[@ClubMayview]

Narcissists can't deal with the fact that the world is just fine without them.

[@john4flying]

Thanks Peter, really appreciate your vids.

[@davidbwn]

Looking at the bleaching graph over time, kind of looks like the coral dies back, bleached then goes prolific in reproduction.

[@simongross3122]

Sounds like a natural cycle doesn't it? Who'd have thought?

[@andywatts8654]

It’s just recovered and was found to be thriving more than ever

[@randydewees7338]

I'm surprised YT hasn't slapped a propaganda message on your vid. Thanks Professor, you have paid a heavy price to get the truth out.

[@JAG8691]

I have been hearing about the total death of the GBR since I was a child growing up in the 1970s. I am finally going to visit Australia this December....could you please if possible save a small piece of it for me to see before it is all gone ? LOL

[@reefrebels]

The GBR is absolutely fine , remember the GBR is huge . We suggest going on a liveaboard dive trip where the tour operator goes to a number of reefs , this is the best way to witness GBR

[@ioandragulescu6063]

this is akin to worrying about cow farts when we're hit by a near Carrington level CME that we are totally unprepared for.

[@barraabus]

It appears to have remarkable powers of recovery..😀😀

[@TomDavis-z2b]

Thank You!

[@nzmagpie1]

Thank you for clarivying.

[@charlesward8196]

There is a YT channel of BackToBasics with 2 Aussie travelers touring the Australian coastal areas. In episode after episode there are constant images of healthy ecosystems on the Great Barrier Reef all the way to the Torres Straight with Papua New Guinea. There are occasional views of smashed reefs that are probably due to storm damage. There is a normal cycle of reef destruction and renewal that has been going on for millions of years, and is still going on, just like we see in “old-growth” forests on the land. Always doubt people who are selling fear and catastrophe, they are trying to panic you into making a bad life-decision, or line their own pockets with $Billions in public funding. Changing species composition in response to environmental changes is the bedrock foundation of Darwinian evolution that selects for those species most able to accommodate to the increases or decreases in environmental limiting factors, disease, and predation. Don’t stress over changing species composition, consider it “Evolution in Action!”

[@simonmaverick7018]

Hoping to visit next year so looking forward to bumper amounts of coral. 👍

[@reefrebels]

Yes come and see the GBR for yourself, be mindful the entire GBR is huge and the best way to witness the reef is to get on a liveabroad trip which the operator goes to a few reefs. the outer reefs and the ribbon reefs are wonderful

[@simonmaverick7018]

@@reefrebelsAny tips on which reef to visit from Cairns? Thx.

[@reefrebels]

if you can, head up to the Ribbon reefs - operators like Spirit of freedom and Mike Ball do the best trips

[@vincedangelo3676]

Nar...ra....tive......$$$$. Thankyou for actual accurate information

[@martinhughes2637]

Two thoughts: 1. In coastal areas of the Philippines, coral is used for ground cover in landscaping. The people just go down to the beach and load it up by the truck full. 2. I am interested to better understand the impact of typhoons and cyclones on coral. I appreciate your discussion on this topic, about how these events wreak havoc on the coral, and the coral recovers. But can they actually be providing a benefit to coral, for example enhancing its resilience and genetic diversity? Or is that totally off?

[@chockie2360]

We need to drain the reef.. paint the coral red again with deluxe paint.. then fill it up again. Can I have a grant for that please?

[@roberttrott5259]

A question here from a Florida (where we have our own coral atolls and coral reefs), USA resident. How much sea level rise should we attribute to melting ice caps and glaciers and how much should we attribute to tectonics, settlement of unstable volcanic deposits or just ordinary coastal erosion? Also, I was a child in Australia in the 1950s and recall almost yearly horrifying news accounts of destruction and loss of life and property due to floods and bush fires.

[@reefrebels]

The tectonic effect depends on the location. But generally the sealevel rise is attributable largely to the expansion of seawater. But it is all very slow ( a couple of millimeters m per year) and hardly a cataclysm.

[@KeepItSimpleSailor]

As a retired environmental professional I should probably be across all this CC stuff. I used to think I was. Now I’m not so sure. What I do know is that government is a very clumsy tool for assessing or addressing literally anything. Plus we know that the ministers in government (regardless of which of the major parties) are generally quite ignorant of the issues and driven by votes and wanting to stay in power. For me, I’m now totally suspicious of everything about government at all levels, and especially about the UN and IPCC. I also believe there are compounding errors across CC science which make most of not all the ‘predictions’ rubbery at best and possibly completely out of whack.

[@paulsquires9117]

It’s not long since I read somewhere it was making a good recovery! No one knows what to believe anymore!

[@billbrown3414]

I wonder how reefs fared during the last glaciation when the sea level was 400-feet lower than today?

[@OtayBuckwheat]

The noaa oceanservice is the best source for accurate information.

[@Spiderwebsider]

Is the GBR still a thing? I thought it died years ago.

[@reefrebels]

this is a new video , but the threats about the reef has been so repetitive ... probably explains

[@GamePlayer-m2q]

Do you watch CDN? Good stuff keep it coming..

[@owenbarnes773]

🤣🤣🤣 JCU - we're looking at you

[@Mister_Holdsworth]

Oh no, we're all gonna die!

[@Togidubnus]

I only found this out recently, that bleached reefs regrow. But it doesn't get reported in the broader media, does it. Same as Polar Bears. I see you've a video on this, too. I'll take a look.

[@mustardtiger5080]

what.. smashing myths with facts. Now that is something new.... a bit like that fellow Patrick more..

[@nathanmcgrath9038]

Don't worry about it. She'll be right mate. Any thing the greens tell you id be skeptical👍

[@stuiley424]

Oooh noooo, not again!!!🥺 It’s honestly the old saying ‘don’t let the truth get in the way of a good headline’ or maybe we should start replacing ‘headline’ with ‘political agenda’.

[@markburton5292]

I don't think its water temperature or C02 in the water but the other chemicals we put out Like any excess fertilizers. so as long as we do a good job of not putting excess chemicals and pollution into the water we will be fine.

[@oftin_wong]

Coral has survived around 6 major world exctinction events ...

[@jimscara5018]

No, no....everything is always dying getting hot getting cold its all bs!!!!

[@jayrobertson232]

That “bleaching” is part of normal cycle…no worries.

[@JohanThiart]

It is raining.☔️

[@RodneyBenker]

So, they've applied DEI to coral? Oh, the hubris.

[@robinarcher964]

yeah, l fink dem signtishts are jist lyin ta git money. Ah aint neva seen no corol reef but l know dem signtists are lyin. Nufin wrong wid our reefs

[@r.guerreiro140]

It's the same with deforestation in the Amazon What they never mention is that if you leave a pasture alone, within ten years or so it will show up on satellite as covered with trees, a convenient "forest" useful for the profits of the fearmongering industries Not to mention the as yet to be proved "savannification"

[@STzo752]

Good grief... this is like the 'hole' in the ozone layer. It keeps coming and going so often the whole story has become ludicrous. These are probably natural processes and nothing to get hysterical about.

[@astronautical1082]

A precipitous drop in biodiversity is a catastrophe, and in no way mitigated by an increase in numbers of less diverse species taking up the ecological niches vacated by diversity.

[@reefrebels]

species composition is always changing

[@astronautical1082]

@@reefrebels Current species loss is matched only by the 5 major extinction catastrophes. Your statement makes me wonder if you understand the nature of biodiverse ecology and how it produces habitability. Changes which lower biodiversity are NOT normal, they are exceptional.

[@hommuside]

Looked pretty bad to me last time I was there.

[@reefrebels]

its important to note , the GBR is immensely big and we cannot judge the entire GBR just based on one single reef. It will be great if you can go on a live abroad dive trip where the operator goes to a few different reefs. We also recommend looking at AIMS very own survey data reef dashboard apps.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/reefs and you can look at the percentage coral cover graph by the NRM Sectors or sector to get a more general idea , you will be surprised most sectors are doing quite well -

[@ReRe-yl6dq]

even using charts of collected data of amount of corals isnt going to be completely accurate. They are not counting every single coral, its got to be an estimation process at best.

[@grumpydrummer8960]

that $60million from the coalition, did what?

[@terryhigson434]

pure lies constantly.......

[@lapisredux]

to many people listening to greta the doom goblin

[@anthonymorris5084]

Greta has found a new hobby - "Palestinians". Climate change is soooo yesterday.

[@tonysheerness2427]

Cyclical, grows, wanes and grows again.

[@wyattfamily8997]

Amazing how often this Statement is made just as a Budget is being created when more funds are made available to 'fix' it.....AGAIN. Anyone suspicious???

[@jdudb]

And, of course, we have the extinction of the polar bears... except the Inuit are requesting a cull of polar bears because there are too many of them.

[@stevecam724]

Ningaloo Reef is growing 🖒🖒

[@pdpandion4931]

Activism is boring if timeframes are in 100s of years.

[@russellpurdie]

Does excess runoff of nutrients ( and chemicals) from agriculture effect the coral?

[@reefrebels]

In short, no. We did a detailed video about nutrients from farms in this episode kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap-Zn6avrdt8sM0

[@reefrebels]

and here's another video on chemicals affecting the reef kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaDFYnqdiLeNgMU

[@russellpurdie]

@@reefrebels thanks

[@gleydesargent9530]

Just signed

[@anthonymaddison9588]

My research confirms , Trump's Fault

[@knockschool]

If he donated a few hundred million dollars I'm it would be saved. ????????????