The plan, proposed by the tourism industry and the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, seeks to protect six reefs with high economic or environmental value near Cairns and Port Douglas.
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| Mass bleaching is occurring on the reef for the second consecutive year, the marine park authority says. |
A proposal to use $9m to pump cold water on to the Great Barrier Reef’s tourist hotspots to stave off coral bleaching has been described as a “band-aid” solution, which does little to address the fundamental threats to the world’s largest living structure.
It would involve using low-energy technology to push adjacent cold water from a depth of about 40 metres to the surface. The aim is to use the cooler waters to alleviate bleaching, which is caused by global warming-induced rises in sea surface temperatures.
Read Christopher Knaus’s story in The Guardian - “Plan to pump cold water on to Barrier Reef to stop bleaching labelled ‘band-aid’."
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