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2024 record coral cover for Great Barrier Reef

Based on official data for all 11 sectors of GBR,

Last three years, 2022-2024, have been unprecedented

https://x.com/BjornLomborg/status/1808134536854700215

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Great Barrier Reef: Never Better Since 1986, Australia has measured the reef every year Last three years: unprecedented high levels of coral cover 2024 Record 30% • 25% cover, Coral 20% 15% N 10% 5% 0% 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 The Australian Institute of Marine Science publishes official results for 11 sectors of the Great Barrier Reef each year, with 2023- 24 now updated for all sectors, https://apps.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/sector/list. AIMS ended their Great Barrier Reef index in 2020 and they don't disclose how it is computed. Here, index for the last four years is estimated using weights on the 11 published sectors to minimize square difference to their GBR-wide data series from 1986-2020, twitter.com/bjornlomborg
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