A sense of things to come – smart sensors and the environment
Monitoring threats to the reef – the need for smart sensors
How do you manage a unique natural resource like the Great Barrier Reef when it’s threatened on so many fronts? Coral bleaching caused by rising water temperatures due to climate change, is possibly the biggest and most immediate threat.
Coral bleaching – one of many threats to the reef
(image: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority)
But then there’s also coral disease; sediment, fertiliser and pesticide pollution from mainland run-off; and the growing spectre of acidification. The reef ecosystem is already susceptible to the effects of climate change; pollution only makes the problem worse. Each of these threats comes from a different source, operates at a different scale and interacts in a variety of ways.
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