theauspolchronicles:

Great Barrier Reef likely to have mass bleaching and coral death this summer, according to a long range forecast that coral experts say is “a wake up call” for the Australian government.

There’s a 60% chance the entire reef will experience bleaching and extreme heat stress. This could mean a large amount of damage that would affect tourism and fishing industries and the jobs they create. Plus, you know, a great giant beautiful piece of nature would die.

1.5C degrees of warming could lead to 80% loss of the world’s coral reefs. 2 degrees change destroys them all.

What is the government doing about this? Putting up a middle finger to the IPCC report and continuing to call for more coal fired power plants. Because duh. Why work towards preserving the environment when you can make political donors happy?

We need to phase out coal before it’s too late. We need to get rid of Scott Morrison and his coalition.