Dr Peter Turner at the Tasmanian Earth Receiving Satellite Station on Hobart's eastern shore.
Barrier Reef bleaching
Dr Peter Turner discusses a new tool which provides daily updates of the risk of ‘coral bleaching’ in the Great Barrier Reef in this five minute podcast. (5:16)
- 9 March 2007 | Updated 24 November 2011
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Coral bleaching is considered one of the biggest threats to the Great Barrier Reef.
Now, a new tool aims to more accurately measure coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef and other reefs in the Coral Sea.
The tool named ReefTemp was developed by CSIRO, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Bureau of Meteorology.
In this podcast, Wealth from Oceans Research Flagship scientist, Dr Peter Turner, discusses what ReefTemp is, and how it works.
Read more about Daily updates to assess Great Barrier Reef bleaching (Media release 5 Mar 07).
