Is The Great Barrier Reef Really Already Dead? (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

The essay read like an obituary. It was an obituary. For the Great Barrier Reef. It began: “The Great Barrier Reef of Australia passed away in 2016 after a long illness. It was 25 million years old.” Within hours, scientists in Australia and beyond were pushing back. Saying the 1,400-mile long onetime-wonderland of biodiversity is not dead. ut it is, they say, in terrible shape. And a giant warning of trouble. This hour On Point, we’re going under the sea, to the Great Barrier Reef. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/10/24/australia-great-barrier-reef