Griffith University researchers will further their fight to protect the Great Barrier Reef after new research revealed its resilience is rapidly waning.
The collaborative study between institutions across the world, published in the prestigious journal Nature today, examined whether past exposure to bleaching in 1998 and 2002 made reefs any more tolerant in 2016. Sadly researchers found no evidence that past bleaching makes the corals any tougher.
Associate Professor Guillermo Diaz-Pulido and Dr Emma Kennedy, of Griffith’s School of Environment and the Australian Rivers Institute, contributed key coral bleaching data from the southern Great Barrier Reef to the paper, amid current concerns about coral bleaching occurring for a second year in a row.
“Our group looks at what happens after the coral dies from beaching and when it gets invaded by seaweed. That’s important because seaweeds could inhibit the recovery of the coral, ultimately affecting the resilience of the reef, and its precious
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