More Conflicting Global Warming News: Global Warming is Killing the Great Barrier Reef, While Miles Away...

The islands of Indonesia are found a short distance northeast of Australia. The ocean shelves of both places are homes to coral reefs which provide their shores with some of the most diverse environments known to the planet. Recently, the green doom and gloom folks at MSN celebrated on coral reef for its incredible comeback after the tsunami, then a couple days later duped another bunch of numskulls that global warming is destroying the Great Barrier Reef. Given the closeness of the two reefs, how can global warming affect one and not the other?

Scientist predicted it would take ten years for the Indonesian reef to recover from the tsunami. The oceans are much healthier than the green environmentalist claim. The reef recovered in four years, and it's supporting an abundant eco-system again.

Now travel a short distance southeast to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Scientists claim that global warming is slowing the calcium absorption of the coral. Calcium is essential for coral to harden their skeletons. The same scientist report that 13% less calcium absorption has occurred from 1990 to 2005. Now global warming is affecting calcium deposits in the ocean, but a few miles up the Jersey turnpike, the Indonesian reef is healthier than predicted. Would a scientist please answer why global warming is happening on Australia's northeast shore but not on their northwest shore and for their neighbors? Common sense tells me something doesn't compute.

Of course, as you read into the article, there is little evidence to conclude that increased CO2 has decalcified the oceans. Obviously, global warming is the easiest method for these scientists to receive government grants, probably from the United States since these beggars duped our politicians into believing the rhetoric. It's only speculative, but these scientist mention nothing about traveling to Indonesia to understand why one reef is flourishing while the other is slowing. Why?

If I were a betting man, I would place my money the coral in the Great Barrier Reef are going through a natural cycle. Like all living things, once in a while you have to face a decline to rebuild to healthier levels. It goes on in the nation's forests all the time--after all natural forest fires occur on earth for a reason. Lightning strikes often ignite these old forests to clear them out and create younger healthier vegetation for the next generation. It's all part of the plan.