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Terry Hughes
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Scientist, mentor, posting on #ecology and #conservation, #environment, #climate change and #coral reefs. Australian-Irish. Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=MhJ2LfsAAAAJ&hl=en
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August 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Tim, you might be interested in this study of shifting baselines on the condition of the Great Barrier Reef. www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Global Trajectories of the Long-Term Decline of Coral Reef Ecosystems
Degradation of coral reef ecosystems began centuries ago, but there is no global summary of the magnitude of change. We compiled records, extending back thousands of years, of the status and trends of...
www.science.org
August 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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The AIMS monitoring program was initiated in response to declines in coral cover in the 1960s and 1970s. Nearshore reefs were excluded from the program because they were already degraded. 20% cover is not “high”.
August 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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August 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Sources:

2016, left - www.nature.com/articles/s41...

2024, right - theconversation.com/worlds-bigge...
Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages - Nature
Acute heat stress from the extended marine heatwave of 2016 is a potent driver of the transformation of coral assemblages, which affects even the most remote and well-protected reefs of the Great Barr...
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM