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Ben Henley

@benhenley

Scientist-engineer hybrid: climate science, palaeoclimatology, water resources.
Melbourne, Victoria benhenley.net Joined June 2009
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Ben Henley @benhenley
Our paper in @Nature recently explores the multi-century context of recent ocean temperatures in the Coral Sea. It's clear that the Great Barrier Reef is in danger. Grateful to my co-authors, funding supporters and the coral palaeo data generators who made this study possible! 🙏🏼
Springer Nature @SpringerNature Sep 27, 2024
The Great Barrier Reef is home to a diverse ecological network. Recent research published in @Nature reveals that water temperatures around the Great Barrier Reef have been the warmest in 400 years. This alarming trend, driven by human-induced climate change, has led to increased
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Thanks for the kind words and for sharing our study and its implications @DavidPocock. Been working on this for 5+ years, watching mass bleaching events come and go. I hope our work feeds into international efforts to amplify the Paris Agreement.
David Pocock Verified account @DavidPocock Aug 7, 2024
We are on track to lose the Great Barrier Reef.

Research published today in the journal Nature has found that 2024 is the hottest year in the last 400 years.

The govt must treat research from our leading scientists with the urgency it deserves.
smh.com.au/environment/cl…
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Ben Henley @benhenley
Incredible. Somehow, the Great Barrier Reef appears to have escaped World Heritage 'in danger' status again. This is not the last word on this. Nor is destruction necessarily the fate of our iconic reef if we do more as a world to protect it.
From me - Set more ambitious climate targets to save Great Barrier Reef, Unesco urges Australia in report that holds off recommending reef be placed on World Heritage “in danger” list theguardian.com/environment/ar…
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Superb communication from Dr @ariaanpurich on @abcnews Breakfast with @SciNate! Great work Ariaan. Scary finding, complex science, expertly communicated!
Check out Dr @ariaanpurich's appearance on @abcnews Breakfast with @SciNate.

Ariaan explained the latest research on the Thwaites Glacier and what it could mean for sea level projections 🌊🎚️

abc.net.au/news/2024-05-2…
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