On June 22, the New York Times reported that the Great Barrier Reef is dying and doomed.
Australia’s Record Heat Means Another Blow to Great Barrier Reef – The New York Times
Meanwhile, the Australian government reports that the Great Barrier Reef has the most coral cover since records started being kept in 1985.
Great Barrier Reef experiencing ‘record high’ levels of coral coverage
Long-Term Monitoring Program – Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2020/21 | AIMS
“if you want to have Christmas toys for your children it might be the time to start buying them because the delay may be many, many months,” the Vice President of the United States advised.”
Since the virtual election of 2020, crude oil prices are up 236%. This is crushing the US economy where Biden has choked off new oil & gas production, but is giving the Russian economy a tremendous boost.
Gas Station Price Charts – Local & National Historical Average Trends – GasBuddy.com
bne IntelliNews – Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development ups GDP growth forecast for 2021 to 4.2%
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is growing rapidly and at record high levels of coverage – even as the New York Times reports the reef is dying.
Nine months after shutting down gas production, the White House says there is a shortage of gas and they are looking for ways to increase gas production.
White House weighing steps to address gas shortages | TheHill
Climate change: Biden suspends oil and gas leasing in executive action
The Maldives government says the country will drown by the end of the century due to other people’s “carbon emissions.”
Climate change: Maldives minister on carbon emitters, weather crisis
Ten years ago they said the same thing.
New deal tabled at climate talks after rebellion | Reuters
Twelve years ago they held a cabinet meeting underwater too show how imperiled they were.
17 Oct 2009, 2 – The Missoulian at Newspapers.com
In 1989, experts said the Maldives would drown by the year 2018, unless global communism was implemented.
26 Sep 1988 – Threat to islands
26 Jan 1989 – Call for anti-greenhouse action – Trove
In fact the world only had until the year 2000 to stop global warming.
Meanwhile, back in the real world the Maldives are growing and people with money are investing heavily.
Hundreds of Pacific Islands are getting bigger despite global warming – ABC News
Inhabitants of Maldives Atoll Fear a Flood of Saudi Money – The New York Times
Maldives to open five new airports in 2019 – Maldives Insider
Luxury homes for sale in Maldives | JamesEdition
Things weren’t always this good in the Maldives however. In 1837, the islands actually were drowning.
Experts predicted the Maldives would drown near the beginning of the 20th century. The islands have grown since those predictions were made, and now experts say the islands will drown at the end of the 20th century.
“Many African nations that had been relatively unaffected prior to the vaccine rollout have also experienced a surge in Covid cases since vaccination began, including Namibia, Zimbabwe, Congo, Angola, Malawi, Kenya and Zambia.”
October 18 temperatures were much warmer in the US prior to the mid-1960s.
The warmest October 18 occurred in 1953
18 Oct 1953, 1 – Evansville Press at Newspapers.com
The same pattern is true for the entire month of October.
