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"Death" of the Great Barrier Reef

Since this is outside my area of knowledge I'm not attempting to add this in any way. However, social media has been buzzing with declarations of the reef being officially "dead". Now, that's just social media, and the links I've seen don't appear to be the best, POV-wise. Is there any basis to this? (And I'm hoping not for obvious reasons). Have actual reputable sources covered this at all, and if so, is it worth mentioning? It's recentism, but I did come to the article to see if there was any non-hyperbolic info on this, other than the sections on pollution and bleaching. freshacconci talk to me 16:24, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Found my own answer, of sorts. Apparently, scientists are taking note of the social media reports and are not happy about the claims. Should this be included, somehow? It may be moving towards the point where it is part of the Reef's narrative. freshacconci talk to me 16:41, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen this around as well - this page is locked to all but autoconfirmed, but I suggest adding the current-related tag since this has popped up throughout social media today. I added it in without much of a rationale (my bad), but I'll add it back in since this covers my concerns (the current related tag lets viewers know this information is changing and not necessarily reputable). Garchy (talk) 20:44, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system[1][2] composed of over 2,900 individual reefs[3] and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi).[4][5] The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.

The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms.[6] This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps.[7] It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981.[1][2] CNN labelled it one of the seven natural wonders of the world.[8] The Queensland National Trust named it a state icon of Queensland.[9]

A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which helps to limit the impact of human use, such as fishing and tourism. Other environmental pressures on the reef and its ecosystem include runoff, climate change accompanied by mass coral bleaching, and cyclic population outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish. According to a study published in October 2012 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the reef has lost more than half its coral cover since 1985. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8085:3040:680:4430:CE5C:55EC:3CCD (talk) 14:31, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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There has been a request on WP:GAR to reassess this article since 2015. Looks like adding some references is the biggest thing that needs to occur; I will identify everything during the reassessment, which will be occurring over the next week. Kees08 (Talk) 19:16, 14 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar

Rephrase:
- "an event that the authors put down to the effects of global climate change."

Images

[[File:Part of Great Barrier Reef from Helecopter.JPG]]
- I requested a move, so none of you have to deal with that (helicopter is spelled wrong)
[[File:GreatBarrierReef-EO.JPG]]
- Please replace with an extracted image from [[File:GreatBarrierReef-PIA03401.jpg]]. The current image says the image is 'probably' this image, but it would be better to properly extract from the source image.
[[File:Great Barrier Reef (aerial view).JPG]]
- Can we get this transferred to Commons? Not required for GA, this is just extra credit
[[File:GBReef_TempChlorophyll_200602.jpg]]
- Source is a redirect, needs to work

Added archive. Hanif Al Husaini (talk) 17:07, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The rest of the images seem to be fine (captions etc)

Citations

Does not matter for GA, but if the statements are not controversial (like the size of the reef), the citations can just be in the article instead of the intro.
The management section needs additional citations, I can provide specifics if need be
Address the citation needed and unreliable source tags
Expand citations to include at least publisher and access date

I am going to wait on assessing the rest of the article until these have been addressed. Kees08 (Talk) 20:44, 14 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Kees08: Just a friendly reminder that this is still open. AIRcorn (talk) 00:19, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Hanif Al Husaini: Do you have any interest to work on addressing the GAR comments? Otherwise I will be demoting the article in the near future. Thanks! Kees08 (Talk) 00:20, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Kees08: Hanif has been editing since your reminder so it is probably safe to assume they have lost interest. AIRcorn (talk) 00:52, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you need a hand to close this let me know and I will help how I can. AIRcorn (talk) 00:53, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I closed it just now. Would be great if we had an assisted way to do that someday, a lot of pages to edit! Kees08 (Talk) 11:12, 19 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Kees08: You might want to add your support/comments here. AIRcorn (talk) 20:24, 19 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Missing information that contradicts global warming threat

The reef moves every year and where it is now used to be above ground. The reef can recover quite easily from change. However there doesn't appear to be a contrary side of the article than of that to climate change. There is even a separate article for climate change on the reef. These are common to the reasons I don't use Wikipedia. ^[1]

We'll miss you then. But you are omitting the fact that the same article says the reef may not recover from this. --Dmol (talk) 06:54, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://www.yahoo.com/news/great-barrier-reef-sixth-life-30-000-years-155408981.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Potential contradiction regarding effects of temperature.

There are many places in this article where there is discussion of the dire effects of increasing water temperatures on the Reef, and how the reef itself is in danger from them. That would appear to be totally at odds with this statement:

"In addition, approximately 400,000 years ago there was a particularly warm interglacial period with higher sea levels and a 4 °C (7 °F) water temperature change." So, the reef survived a 4°C increase then, but is in danger from a current change of less than half of that now?? Can someone explain this, please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.191.164.198 (talk) 08:34, 12 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Reef Master Guide Program

In 2019, the Great Barrier Reef Park Authority in relation with Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators and Tourism and Events Queensland created the Master Reef Guide program. Master Reef Guides were trained in a range of areas such as public speaking, enhancing visitor experience, and the power of interpretation. By providing up-to-date information on the Reef, sharing stories of the magical World Heritage Area, Master Reef Guided explain what visitor can do to make a difference. Those guides would be present great barrier reef tour operators and provide a way for visitors and locals to understand both the challenges and opportunities for the Great Barrier Reef.

Steph44980 (talk) 14:29, 25 March 2020 (UTC)^[1][reply]

third mass bleaching event in five years, add here or ... ?

X1\ (talk) 10:16, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Outdated information on mass coral bleaching events of the GBR

Please update the information on mass bleaching events of the reefs in the lead and the section "Environmental threats".

I have added this info to 2020 in science:

Scientists report the results of a survey of the Great Barrier Reef. For the first time, all its three regions experienced severe bleaching.^[2]^[3] On March 25 – day three of the nine-day survey – they reported its third mass bleaching event within five years.^[4]

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One of Australia’s most remarkable natural gifts, the Great Barrier Reef is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. The reef contains an abundance of marine life and comprises of over 3000 individual reef systems and coral cays and literally hundreds of picturesque tropical islands with some of the worlds most beautiful sun-soaked, golden beaches. Because of its natural beauty, the Great Barrier Reef has become one of the worlds most sought after tourist destinations.A visitor to the Great Barrier Reef can enjoy many experiences including snorkelling, scuba diving, aircraft or helicopter tours, bare boats (self-sail), glass-bottomed boat viewing, semi-submersibles and educational trips, cruise ship tours, whale watching and swimming with dolphins Lia 199712 (talk) 02:25, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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References

^ http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/our-partners/master-reef-guides
^ Thiessen, Tamara. "Great Barrier Reef Coral Bleaching: Climate Change Tragedy For World Natural Wonder". Forbes. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ "Climate change triggers Great Barrier Reef bleaching – ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies". www.coralcoe.org.au. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ "Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass coral bleaching event in five years". the Guardian. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

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In the second paragraph (OR by adding this to a new paragraph after the second paragraph) add the following:

In December 2020 researchers based at the Great Barrier Reef have discovered that a new method of preservation embracing in vitro fertilization technology had shown promise in reef restoration. The method involves collection of coral egg and sperm during the yearly spawn at the reef, which are then used in specially designed enclosures to encourage the growth of coral larvae. Following a seven day gestation period the larvae are dispersed to badly damaged areas of the reef needing fresh live coral.^[1] Zenzes (talk) 12:12, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Ball, Sam. "'Coral IVF': A way to save the Great Barrier Reef?". France24. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

It appears to me that this research is still at its primary stages and has not yet been put into widespread use, I think we should wait until this has had more impact before we include it (WP:DUE). – Thjarkur (talk) 22:05, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

July 2021 observations from Australian Government scientists are now available https://www.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/gbr-condition-summary-2020-2021 and indicate that coral cover levels have returned to 1985 levels. Suggest this article should reflect that ?? Mrdavenport (talk) 19:12, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef

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I did some good vandalism.

Can you see my vandalism?-DamianLewis21 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Damianlewis21 (talk • contribs) 20:36, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:31, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Genetics

There is around 360 species of coral in The Great Barrier Reef. Epsr (talk) 06:51, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Measurements

"The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system[1][2] composed of over 2,900 individual reefs[3] and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi).[4][5] The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, separated from the coast by a channel 100 miles wide in places and over 200 feet deep" - would it make sense to put the measurement of the channel in the article in kilometers, seeing as how the previous figures up til this point have been in that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.71.173.206 (talk) 16:30, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that reference to feet and miles seems very odd. Australia uses the metric system and as a diver here, I have never used miles or feet to describe the coral marine habitat. Can this please be fixed ASAP as it does not match the rest of the article? Rgesthuizen (talk) 22:59, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Area

Why is the area put in hectares? It’s completely unsuitable for its size (it’s massive) and context (Australians don’t use hectares and people who do only use it for farming). 2A02:C7E:3AA7:8D00:A120:8D25:D51C:CBCA (talk) 19:56, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Name

Why is this feature called the Great Barrier Reef instead of the Great Barrier Reefs? It comprises more than one coral reef. 2001:8003:9100:2C01:A4CB:C8E9:14BE:3CCB (talk) 16:21, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction in article - first European to sight the GBR

The "Discover" and naming section mentions James Cook being the first European to sight the GBR in 1770, but the "Human use" section states that Louis de Bougainville found the reef in 1768 but did not claim it. One of these statements must be off, I believe. Either Louis did not "sight" the GBR in 1768, or James wasn't the first European to sight it. William Pettersson (talk) 09:00, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the source provided says Bougainville saw a line of surf in the ocean and, having no reason to investigate that area any further and being short of food, he sailed away. So on the basis of that source , I think the statement he did not "claim" it is a bit of an overreach. It's not clear if he knew it was a reef or he simply decided to navigate away from a possibly dangerous situation. Even if he had known it was a reef, were the European powers of the day in the habit of claiming reefs as territory? They claimed islands certainly but is there any history of claiming reefs? Did reefs have economic or strategic value? And even if he encountered a section of reef, did he realise the extent of it in terms of the Great Barrier Reef as we know it today? It would be interesting to read Bougainville's report of events to know what he saw, what he thought it was, how extensive he thought it was, and whether he gave any thought to claiming it. As the current source has it, I would say that Bougainville avoided sailing too close to a reef that is now regarded as part of the Great Barrier Reef. And I have no idea how one decides if a particular section of reef is or isn't part of a large reef system. Whereas Cook who was sailing much closer to the Australian coast probably did observe (and try to avoid) quite a lot of reef along his journey north. He probably had a much greater awareness of there being extensive reefs in the area. Yet according to Possession Island (Queensland),

"I now once more hoisted English Coulers and in the Name of His Majesty King George the Third took possession of the whole Eastern Coast... by the name New South Wales, together with all the Bays, Harbours Rivers and Islands situate upon the said coast".^[1]

So Cook didn't specifically claim the reef either. So I think I will rewrite the article to get rid of this "did not claim". Kerry (talk) 03:20, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the source describes it as Bougainville Reef at about the latitude of Cooktown, which is a problem as according to the Australian Govt bougainville Reef is in WA. So not part of the Great Barrier Reef at all? Kerry (talk) 03:51, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

^ Cook, James. Journal of HMS Endeavour, 1769–1771. National Library of Australia, Manuscripts Collection, MS 1, 22 August 1770.

[1] ttps://www.yahoo.com/news/great-barrier-reef-sixth-life-30-000-years-155408981.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] ttp://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/our-partners/master-reef-guides

[3] Thiessen, Tamara. "Great Barrier Reef Coral Bleaching: Climate Change Tragedy For World Natural Wonder". Forbes. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[4] "Climate change triggers Great Barrier Reef bleaching – ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies". www.coralcoe.org.au. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[5] "Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass coral bleaching event in five years". the Guardian. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[CoralIVF-6] Ball, Sam. "'Coral IVF': A way to save the Great Barrier Reef?". France24. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

[7] Cook, James. Journal of HMS Endeavour, 1769–1771. National Library of Australia, Manuscripts Collection, MS 1, 22 August 1770.

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