The Prof Ridd point of view is also flawed.
Coral is damaged generally worldwide including on parts of the GBR.
It's not possible for all GBR to remain undamaged because damage to coral worldwide is being caused by nutrient overload pollution.
Just like heat from mid 2023 solar flares has not been included in news about dry conditions and fires in Greece and Hawaii, nutrient pollution and eutrophication damaging GBR coral is not publicly reported by the UN or Dr Ridd.
The nutrient load resuspended and/or dumped in GBR waters from harbour deepening works at Gladstone was not scientifically measured and added to the dissolved nutrient load in coastal sediment dispersal current flowing northwards from southern city point sources.
Therefore the vitally important total load of dissolved nutrient was not measured.
Therefore damage to GBR coral that followed the Gladstone works was not attributed to nutrient pollution.
Real science is urgently needed.
Numerous ecosystems of the ocean and world seafood sustainability are in danger, not just areas of the GBR.
Complete science and genuine solutions are urgently required.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946114

Obviously JF Aus you have no idea of how the east coast currents & tidal flows protect the main bulk of the great barrier reef from anything coming from the Oz continent.

Up to about 40 years ago there was a lot of effect on inner reefs of nutrients feeding sea weeds, but only in areas adjacent to population areas.

However with improved treatments of effluent, & reduced fertaliser usage many inner reefs partially smothered with this growth are again returning to rampant coral growth.

I have spent quite a bit of time on isolated atolls & indeed isolated coral reefs with no land with in tens or hundreds of miles. These were the most disappointing to dive on, with less varied coral & much less fish life compared to our reef.

Actually it is not just the Reef theories that are falling apart.
I see that Germany is looking at scrapping its Net Zero plan.
Sweden has also scrapped theirs.
I think it is about time we did likewise.
The skuffle today and yesterday about nuclear energy has blown it all up.
It now seems certain that if we are to spend up to $2Trillion on solar
and wind that it will take the best part of 20 years to do it and by
then the solar panels and wind turbine will be reaching their end of
life expectancy.
We can then start again from the oldest ones installed doing it all over again.
It will be a perpetual treadmill.
I told you that Bowen was STUPID STUPID !

More late news, I mentioned it a while back that Royal Dutch Shell was
planning on how to exit the oil industry.
The company has restructured to be one company listed in the UK only.
Last week it sold half of it UK and German retail business to a company called Octopus.
Now the International Energy Authority is warning that oil prices
will rise in early 2024. They expect oil demand will rise well above supply. I paid $2.28 today for the cheapest petrol.

China of course is in what could turn out to be a major economic crisis.
And into this mess Bowen wants to stop us even getting tenders for
nuclear power.