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[-Plasma Reus-]

Uh, this is serious.
We're all going to die.

 

[jmdajr]

 

[Theonik]

Can you elaborate? I understand Chinese manufacturing is at least partly to blame for warmer climates, but is there a direct association in this case?

He is referring to the President of the United States calling global warming a Chinese Hoax.

 

[commedieu]

This is the canary in the mine.

Coral grows like x cm a year no?

 

[Jigolo]

Humans are the only species on the planet that systematically and knowingly destroy the planet and it's creatures. We probably hold the title of most advanced species but we're at the opposite end as well.

 

[Devilgunman]

The world is dying in front of our very eyes but some people are still only care about money in their wallet.

 

[LiK]

But guess what guys? Tax cuts!

 

[InfiniteBento]

This breaks my heart so much.

Its insane how rapid our decline is occuring

 

[TheOMan]

This is the canary in the mine.

Coral grows like x cm a year no?

Is that a *coal* mine? Ha ha....ha

"Coral grows like x cm a year no?" Not anymore.

 

[FiveSix4Three]

Maybe one day I'll trip so hard that I am transported to the alternate Earth where the human race (collectively) cares about things that matter.

 

[Falchion]

That's so fucking crazy.......

 

[Doopliss]

https://youtu.be/BO44JlAElXM

FWIW, here is a climate scientist's reaction to the aforementioned NYMag story (not the coral reef one). He decries it as too alarmist.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEYY3AIW0AQZH2E.jpg

Good posts. It's counter-productive to sensationalise the effects of climate change.

 

[Amory]

So the ocean temperature has risen an estimated 0.1 degree C over the last 100 years, and that was enough to kill off the entire reef?

Crazy.

 

[Suikoguy]

So the ocean temperature has risen an estimated 0.1 degree C over the last 100 years, and that was enough to kill off the entire reef?

Crazy.

That's an average rise, localized areas had more of an increase.

 

[Van Bur3n]

More proof that those crazy eggheads are just making this global warming stuff up. What's wrong with a little warmth anyway? I like being warm. Sad!

 

[SafeinSound]

All in the name of money. Just keep destroying this place for a more money than they know what to do with

 

[Acerac]

So true.

My mother - almost a caricature of right wing newspeak these days - thinks man-caused climate change is impossible, and 'arrogant' as only God could have that kind of power over the Earth. And that if we're worried about carbon we should worry more about volcanoes and ocean waves crashing or some other nonsense.

This is the level of denial and justifications for non-responsibility that what we're dealing with, at least in the US.

Its maddening.

That's what happens when you have unchecked propaganda channels that air 24/7...

 

[StayDead]

"It's just a cycle, this probably happens every 300 odd years but it's never been recorded"

- Client change deniers 2017.

 

[Ravensmash]

Politicians in 10 years as the world sinks into the ocean:

"Nobody could have seen this coming."

This is so true, and this comment made me extremely angry for that very reason.

 

[afternoon delight]

As someone who almost became a marine biologist, this hurts the soul (if there is one).

 

[MKIL65]

ThingsAreLookingPrettyGood.gif

 

[JWiLL]

Hmm...is it possible that the Fukushima disaster played a role in this? Doubtful, but it really isn't that far away.

Devastating news...it's one of the most fascinating places on Earth.

 

[Atlagev]

Hmm...is it possible that the Fukushima disaster played a role in this? Doubtful, but it really isn't that far away.

Devastating news...it's one of the most fascinating places on Earth.

More people should watch this video that was posted. It does a good job explaining why it is happening, what is causing it, and possible solutions.

 

[psyfi]

To say "we are all responsible" is a cowardly cop out. The death of the Great Barrier Reef is yet another result of the ongoing apocalypse perpetrated by the forces of colonialism, patriarchy, and capitalism. There are politicians and CEOs enthusiastically leading us into a future of morbidity, but there are also people struggling every day to survive and thrive in solidarity and harmony with the planet. Let's not obscure the actors who have the biggest role in this story.

 

[Lil Marco]

Bummed I was never able to see it in person.

It's still there, but just a lot sadder looking.

 

[Takuan]

He is referring to the President of the United States calling global warming a Chinese Hoax.

Ahhh, that went over my head.

 

[siddx]

One of things I am grateful but immensely sad about is I got to see and snorkel amongst a bunch of living coral reefs growing up. In Indonesia in particular. Just incredible structures of color and life. I went back to one recently after 20 years and was gutted to find it completely dead.

 

[arigato]

To say "we are all responsible" is a cowardly cop out. The death of the Great Barrier Reef is yet another result of the ongoing apocalypse perpetrated by the forces of colonialism, patriarchy, and capitalism. There are politicians and CEOs enthusiastically leading us into a future of morbidity, but there are also people struggling every day to survive and thrive in solidarity and harmony with the planet. Let's not obscure the actors who have the biggest role in this story.

True, the Information Age only began during the millennium. These were problems that should've been dealt with and solved decades ago. Plenty of occult knowledge which was kept from being released to the public so they could keep their reign of "control" and indulging in their insatiable lust for blood, power and money..

 

[Kurdel]

Horrible, can't say we weren't warned.

 

[FUME5]

In 2015 the Libs spent $400,000 to campaign against the 'danger' classification given to the reef by UNESCO. They also recently approved a coal mine nearby.

Shameful.

 

[KSweeley]

It's not gone

Are you sure?

The thread title is: "RIP the Great Barrier Reef - It's Dead Jim and we are all responsible"

 

[lastplayed]

It's not dead. What's with the click baity headline? I thought we looked down on such things.

 

[Timedog]

I gauran-fucking-tee you that when shit starts to REALLY hit the fan conservative politicians and voters (who think college = satan) will blame liberals.

 

[Shauni]

"Greed is good" - Gordon Gecko

It's a fucked up world when such views are celebrated

Ironically, too, that's what the sequel was about. Even Gecko saw everything going on and just said, 'Well, damn guys.'

 

[formasymphonic]

In 2015 the Libs spent $400,000 to campaign against the 'danger' classification given to the reef by UNESCO. They also recently approved a coal mine nearby.

Shameful.

Unfortunately the campaign was successful as are the plans for the coal mining. I was reading this earlier:

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization had voted not to add Australia's Great Barrier Reef to its list of sites in danger. The baffling decision was taken despite the reef's currently perilous state, where back-to-back coral bleaching events threaten more than two thirds of its length. Even worse, is that UNESCO published a paper just last month, saying that if nothing was done, the Reef would die in a century. The cause of this spectacular act of cognitive dissonance is political, thanks to hard lobbying from Australia's government.

[...]

Australia is building a $4 billion coal mine which will ship tonnes of climate change-causing material through the Reef itself. Building the mine, and cutting a shipping canal through the reef to support it, is likely to cause extraordinary harm to the local ecosystem.

Disgraceful.

 

[The Giant]

We had our former chimpanzee PM Tony "i'm a fucking retard" Abbott, denying that this was happening.

He would most likely still deny it.

 

[Sidewinder]

"Now that it's dead we don't need to protect it anymore, not that we could've done anything to stop it anyway, it was god's will after all!"