From the October reef health update:
In October 2025, 359 Reef Health Impact Surveys were carried out across 41 reefs in the Marine Park. Minor coral bleaching was seen only in the Northern region, with no bleaching reported elsewhere.
Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) are still affecting many reefs, with the worst outbreaks in the Southern region (Swain Reefs) and the Northern region between Port Douglas and Lizard Island.
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Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic (Barents Sea). A new study on the polar bear population there found that both male and female bears are fatter and healthier despite changes in sea ice.
The authors write “In models including sea ice metrics and climate (Arctic Oscillation), there was no support for the predicted negative effect of warmer weather and habitat loss.”
Body condition among Svalbard Polar bears Ursus maritimus during a period of rapid loss of sea ice
Aars et al.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-33227-9
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…defying expectations. Powerful monsoons and ocean circulation appear to have delayed oxygen loss in this region compared to the Pacific. The discovery suggests future ocean oxygen levels may not follow a simple warming-equals-deoxygenation rule.
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Frogs in boiling water do not beget more frogs in boiling water. That is not one of the adaptations.
Meanwhile it is zero degrees in Connecticut. The alarmists where are they?
It’s now summer down in the Land of Oz.
From the January Reef Health Updates:
Recent monitoring shows limited impacts from coral bleaching. Between 26 January and 1 February, 143 Reef Health Impact Surveys were completed across 14 reefs in the Marine Park, with 12 of the 14 reefs showing no or only limited coral bleaching impacts.
On the two reefs where bleaching was recorded:
One reef in the Northern region recorded low levels of bleaching (1–10%).
One reef in the Southern region recorded higher bleaching levels (31–60%), which is being closely monitored.
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