Great Barrier Reef declared dead at 25 million years old.

[MoonRiver]

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The Great Barrier Reef has been declared dead by scientists at 25 million years old — bringing an end to the colorful life of the world’s largest single structure of living organisms.

The incredible Coral Sea wilderness, which stretches for roughly 1,400 miles over an area of roughly 133,00 square miles, has finally succumbed to bleaching.

http://nypost.com/2016/10/14/the-great-barrier-reef-is-dead-at-25-million-years-old/

[Lars39]

1. :-(

[kimbutgar]

2. This is a mass extinction event precursor

I just wish it wasn't a NY post link.

[MoonRiver]

4. It's the link I got on fb.

But think about it this way, even that site is concerned.

[PSPS]

7. In other words, it's "fake news". It was a hoax article.

Read this: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/14/us/barrier-reef-obit-trnd/

[demmiblue]

11. DU needs a fake news/hoax option for jury duty. n/t

[NurseJackie]

12. The "violation of the SOP" might work to report "fake news" and bogus links.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

33. I did an SOP alert.

Even included a link to Snopes where it was debunked. The post still stands.

We do need a fake news alert button. Confirmation bias isn't just for Republicans, sadly.

[spanone]

3. thanks humans!

[MoonRiver]

5. Yep,

[scheming daemons]

31. IT IS FAKE NEWS!

You should be ashamed of yourself.

[PSPS]

6. It's a hoax article intended to bring attention to the reef's present state.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/14/us/barrier-reef-obit-trnd/

[Girard442]

10. A nonsensical title anyway.

The reef is not a single living organism. It can't have a moment of death unless you count the exact time when the population of living things there goes completely to zero, and if that should happen some day, the reef will have been effectively dead for many years anyway.

[Warren DeMontague]

24. It's a tactic I've seen time and again, and I think it's deeply counterproductive.

Hyperbolic bullshit in the cause of furthering environmental awareness does NOT create new environmentalists; rather, it causes people to be more likely to consider all environmental warnings bullshit.

I worked with the Rainforest Action Network in the 80s-- I remember one piece of breathless nonsense I would hear repeated as gospel "scientific" truth; "Planet Earth will not be able to sustain any life more complex than a cockroach, by the year 2000"

Obviously that was not the case, was it, fellow cockroaches?

A similar scenario took place several years ago when people said the Himalayan Snowpack would be gone in a decade, or so.

The problem with this 'approach' is, it does not cause people to go "OH MY FUCKING GOD I BETTER DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW" which, I presume, is the intent- rather, it makes them throw up their hands and even worse, when they discover they were lied to, to not take any environmental warnings seriously-- like, yes, rainforest depletion and global climate change ARE real problems that deserve serious attention.

Same with ocean acidification and warming.

[FreepFryer]

8. Snopes: "False"

http://www.snopes.com/scientists-pronounce-great-barrier-reef-dead/

[demmiblue]

9. Unrec. for spreading false information. n/t

[nolabear]

13. You should remove this. I appreciate the fear but it's not true.

[progressoid]

14. No, not yet. This article is, at best, misleading.

[world wide wally]

15. I guess Bannon and Trump will have to hold from popping the cork on that bottle of cheap

champagne for the moment

[BeckyDem]

16. Greed did that. RIP

[Dr Hobbitstein]

32. Nothing did that because it didn't happen.

The OP is false.

[BeckyDem]

34. Dead and dying by degrees is significant to you?

Outside Magazine first covered this as it was a plea for urgency.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

35. The article is 100% false.

http://www.snopes.com/scientists-pronounce-great-barrier-reef-dead/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/14/us/barrier-reef-obit-trnd/

Exageration and hyperbole are not acceptable forms of news.

[BeckyDem]

36. Tell that to Outside Magazine. The dying is real, the tactic to get attention you may not approve

of. Considering it is DYING is why they did the tongue and cheek story to get people concerned and we now have a president who will help finish it off.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

40. FAKE NEWS IS FAKE.

Lying is not acceptable for news. We can't complain about a President who lies and then turn around a lie when it suits our purposes...

Lying is wrong. Fake news is wrong. Supporting liars and fake news is a Republican tactic, not a Democratic one.

[BeckyDem]

42. No one is supporting lying, and stop with the caps. The story has nuance, as explained

by Outside Magazine. I do not care if this thread is deleted, I didn't put it up. The title is exaggerated because they wanted attention to the problem.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

43. The story is a lie.

And you are supporting it.

[BeckyDem]

44. I am not supporting any lie, why do you persist in saying such a distortion?

My remarks to the OP stand. Greed caused this. RIP

If you think anything will change with Trump in charge, good for you. I do not.

If you want this deleted have at it, I didn't post it. The reason this story was presented as it was by Outside Magazine was to bring notice to the fact the the issue doesn't have enough attention to change the problem. You don't have to agree with their tactic but it changes nothing about the fact it is dying, although not dead.

If you are so pressed for accuracy then ask the OP to add, Pending, since Trump will do nothing to prevent the state its in today.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

45. Why do you keep talking about Outside Magazine?

The article here is NOT about Outside Magazine. Matter of fact, they get one mention at the bottom. The article is claiming that scientists have officially declared it dead. This is NOT true. You keep supporting the OP (which is a FUCKING LIE), hence you are supporting a lie.

The article is NOT tongue in cheek, and has nothing to do with the Outside article. It is fake news. How do you not get that? And why are you doubling down on supporting a FUCKING LIE?

[BeckyDem]

46. Because if you knew anything about the story you'd know where it originated from.

Your responses are disgusting and irrational. Have a great day.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

47. Except it didn't.

Enjoy agreeing with FUCKING LIES.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

17. False.

I would self-delete.

http://www.snopes.com/scientists-pronounce-great-barrier-reef-dead/

[demmiblue]

20. +1

Especially since people keep reccing it.

Amazing.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

25. Like lemmings off a cliff.

Read the headline, accept it as truth, ignore the comments that challenge your bias.

[demmiblue]

26. I don't even think many of them read the comments or the articles.

They read the title, recognize the person who posted it and rec accordingly.

[mcar]

22. Thanks

[N77VG]

18. Chicken Little nonsense

one of my closest pilot friends just got back from a week of diving there. He said it was fine.

[Kimchijeon]

19. 😥 sad news

not unexpected, but definitely sad to hear it is official.

[Calculating]

23. It's fake news

..

[demmiblue]

27. I think it would be a good thing for fellow DUers to take note of those who...

post fake news (and those who rec it).

We need honest reporting more than ever.

[Yo_Mama]

28. Extremely fake news. Consider deleting this.

http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/media-room/latest-news/coral-bleaching/2016/the-facts-on-great-barrier-reef-coral-mortality

[Dr Hobbitstein]

29. So, you're not gonna delete this?

You're OK with posting EXTREMELY misleading information?

[scheming daemons]

30. PLEASE DELETE THIS FAKE NEWS!

This is not how we operate. We're not conservatives.

Don't spread false stories!

[snooper2]

37. wonder how many times this bullshit has been shared on facebook by now?

The Internet is making people fucking stupid

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

38. Is this the reef in Australia? Or the one at Bowling Green?

It's not dead. It's pining for the fjords.

[Orrex]

39. Not so Great after all, amirite?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

41. Right you are, mate!

Like our Great Salt Lake - it's not so great, the water tastes terrible!!

[DonViejo]

48. Locking...

This is not a legitimate news story. Forum Hosts encourage you to post your OP in the Creative Speculation Group