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The Great Barrier Reef ‘can no longer be saved’ due to climate change
Scientists have warned that the Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved – or at least not in its current form.
The Reef is under threat due to the ‘extraordinary rapidity’ of climate change, experts from Australia have warned.
Scientists who surveyed the reef in 2016 said that 95% of it now suffers from bleaching – and it may no longer be possible for it to survive in its current form.
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Experts say that it may be possible to ‘protect the ecological function’ of the reef – and that this is more realistic than salvaging the reef itself.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said, ‘“The planet has changed in a way that science informs us is unprecedented in human history. While that in itself may be cause for action, the extraordinary rapidity of the change we now observe makes action even more urgent.
‘There is great concern about the future of the Reef, and the communities and businesses that depend on it, but hope still remains for maintaining ecological function over the coming decades.
‘The concept of ‘maintaining ecological function’ refers to the balance of ecological processes necessary for the reef ecosystem as a whole to persist, but perhaps in a different form, noting the composition and structure may differ from what is currently seen today.’
