Back in 1998, when we had the super El Niño, some of the warm water pooled east and west of Australia (seen in the 1998 image below) and damaged coral reefs there, setting off a cottage industry for noisy alarmy/worry types like Ove Hoegh-Guldberg that have turned the “save the coral reefs” issue into a career.
Now it seems that mother nature has simply ignored his concerns and does what she does best – adapt and fill the void, and saved the reefs on her own. This must be devastating news for him.
From the Australian Institute of Marine Science:
Remote reefs can be tougher than they look
WA’s Scott Reef has recovered from mass bleaching in 1998
Isolated coral reefs can recover from catastrophic damage as effectively as those with nearby undisturbed neighbours, a long-term study by marine biologists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)…
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Thank you for this posting. I am most interested in learning more on the extent of recovery of reefs from coral bleaching caused by rising ocean temperatures. If the coral spontaneously can adapt that will mean a lot for the flora and fauna of the oceans.
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