Scientist-engineer hybrid: climate science, palaeoclimatology, water resources.
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined June 2009
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Our paper in @Nature recently explores the multi-century context of recent ocean temperatures in the Coral Sea. It's clear that the Great Barrier Reef is in danger. Grateful to my co-authors, funding supporters and the coral palaeo data generators who made this study possible! 🙏🏼
The Great Barrier Reef is home to a diverse ecological network. Recent research published in @Nature reveals that water temperatures around the Great Barrier Reef have been the warmest in 400 years. This alarming trend, driven by human-induced climate change, has led to increased
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Today it is the UK's turn to experience serious flooding due to intense rainfall.
A reminder that UK rainfall intensity has increased markedly over the past 60+ years. All consistent with the physics of a warming atmosphere which is now more humid.
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The view from Gladstone’s waterfront right now, 12pm Monday. My mum’s at lunch and text me this from the cafe. This is the gas industry.
I’d like people to remember this photo the next time you see a complaint that wind turbines or solar farms may be unpleasant to look at.
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“2500 reef scientists from all around the world say the Great Barrier Reef is facing mortal threat from climate change, Peter Ridd says it’s not.
And who does The Australian and Sky After Dark prefer to showcase?” #MediaWatch
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The number of assessed species on the @IUCNRedList is now 163,040, with over 45,000 threatened with #extinction.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s #biodiversity.
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Climate-related risks are higher for #globalwarming of 1.5°C.
🦒 3 to 14% of the tens of thousands of species assessed will likely face a very high risk of extinction at a global warming level of 1.5°C.
More on the risk of species losses beyond 1.5°C ➡️ bit.ly/SRYRpt23
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Global surface temperatures have increased by around 1.3C since preindustrial levels (1850-1900), with the vast majority of this (~1C) happening in the past 50 years as human emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases have accelerated.
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That is the beautiful Diploastrea heliopora coral used in our study, 2.6m high and 627 years old, the ‘root’ certainly older. These coral are highly valuable ocean climate sensors. science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
Thanks for the kind words and for sharing our study and its implications @DavidPocock. Been working on this for 5+ years, watching mass bleaching events come and go. I hope our work feeds into international efforts to amplify the Paris Agreement.
We are on track to lose the Great Barrier Reef.
Research published today in the journal Nature has found that 2024 is the hottest year in the last 400 years.
The govt must treat research from our leading scientists with the urgency it deserves.
smh.com.au/environment/clima…
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Out now - our annual report on reef condition in the #GreatBarrierReef
Coral cover ⬆️ in all 3️⃣ regions BUT results don’t reflect mass bleaching or cyclone impacts, as most surveys were already completed.
Media release: bit.ly/LTMP_MR_24
Report: bit.ly/LTMP23_24
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Sea surface temperatures in waters surrounding the Great Barrier Reef this year reached their warmest levels in more than 400 years. @benhenley
abc.net.au/news/2024-08-08/c…
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A new research paper led by #UOW Honorary Fellow and @UniMelb lecturer Dr @benhenley shows the Great Barrier Reef is facing catastrophic damage from warming sea temperatures and mass coral bleaching events. 🪸👉 bit.ly/3LYBSLO #UOWResearch
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This generation will probably see the demise of the Great Barrier Reef unless humanity acts with far more urgency to rein in #climate change. “Heat extremes are occurring too often for those corals to effectively adapt and evolve.”@benhenley @CatrinEinhorn nytimes.com/2024/08/07/clima…
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From me - Ocean temperatures over the Great Barrier Reef now hottest in at least 400 years, posing ‘existential threat’ to natural wonder, major research finds theguardian.com/environment/…
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Scientists have reconstructed 400 yrs of 🌊ocean temperatures from 🪸coral cores.
The results chronicle how recent heat extremes & mass coral bleaching events on the #GreatBarrierReef are unprecedented in the past 400 yrs.
@benhenley @DrHelenMcGregor
➡️ arcsaef.com/story/new-400-ye…