‘Completely untrustworthy’: Great Barrier Reef data calls coral bleaching events into question

Marine physicist Peter Ridd says Australia is ruining the reputation of its “premier tourist attraction” the Great Barrier Reef. <br> <br>New data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science shows the Great Barrier Reef has recorded the highest level of coral cover since monitoring began. <br> <br>“You just got to wonder how bad some of these institutions have been in terms of exaggerating the loss of corals in these events,” Dr Ridd said. <br> <br>“It proves without a shadow of a doubt that many of them are completely untrustworthy.”