Bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef

[kj_yoda]

This is a sad sight!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11821539/from/RS.1/

[GLXTRIX]

I'm going to vomit! Thats terrible! I think my staghorn saw that article, it's very sad right now.

[Loverotties]

Oh WOW! We need to send all our chillers.

[Flipturn88]

A sad sight indeed. I am going to the GBR this summer; hopefully I won't have to witness the same disheartening sight.

[GLXTRIX]

that would be terrible, I hope your trip is great.

[MattTVI]

i do wonder if there's a cyclical(sp?) nature to the warming we are seeing these last two years... i certainly hope so.

[EnderG60]

guys as australia moves north the top of the GBR moves(and it is moving) into warmer zones then it can handle and you get bleaching, but in nature bleaching is usually temperary as the corals can reclaim new algeas.

while global warming does play a role, you must remember that the south of the GBR also grows as it warms. So while its happening faster then usual, it the same thing would eventually happen anyway.

either way ill let ya know im going up there next weekend