NPR could get sued for putting out false news just like any newspaper. So, that would make NPR pretty conscientious and reliable. As a large worldwide organization, they would have people always available to cross-check their stories for reliability.

Some climatologist applies for a federal grant in which he proposes to do a study to show coral reefs are decreasing due to human activity. Since his proposal meets the approval of the flavor of the month club, he gets $2 million. He completes his study, and surprise of all surprises, he concludes man's activity is killing the coral reefs. If he's really good and instills fear that this is happening very quickly, he'll probably get another grant for being such a good lap dog. Now NPR reports it. It's not "false news", they can't be "sued". It's just wrong. NPR's due diligence would be to verify that this scientist is real, and he really did a study, but not to critique it.

But I like the idea----there's about a million "reports" that I'd like to sue the MSM for airing.

With a quick Google of the Great Barrier Reef, I have seen several underwater pictures of DEAD bleached-out white coral. And stories of scuba divers that are very unhappy about the sad condition of the reef. The water around the reef is exceptionally warm this year. That combined with the excess CO2 not being absorbed by land plants is causing slight acids to kill and bleach the coral. All the world's coral reefs are predicted by scientists to have decreased by 90% in about 75 years.

You'll notice that NPR does not provide data, because the corals are at their 36 year high ... Advance

Been away for the day. Are we still doing the green agenda conspiracy? Or have we moved on?

Really? Doesn't appear that way when I swim by.

No, I'm pretty sure the green agenda conspirators are still at it

Oh, good. Can I play too?😃

Hurricanes and Climate Change - Center for Climate and Energy SolutionsCenter for Climate and Energy Solutions

A good source.

This will be debated ad nauseam for years unless someone in authority makes it go away

There are all kinds of data out there.

Coral Reefs and Corals | Smithsonian Ocean

Advance hardly looks like an objective site.

Parts of Australia'''s Great Barrier Reef show highest coral cover in 36 years | Reuters

And underwater volcanoes had nothing to do with it? Sure, man did it. The Great Barrier reef did NOT decrease by 90% in 75 years, so conveniently grouping it with others is in my opinion, to be just as irresponsible as some of these bogus scientists.

I have been diving there on various occasions and witnessed it first hand. Spoken with those who live there, make their livelihood there and study the causes and effects. The truth is not good, and ignoring it won't make it go away.

Well........a quick lookup in Wikipedia says that Advance Australia (AA) is a conservative political lobbying group that emphasizes a Judeo-Christian heritage. AA started a campaign around Australian children with an E-book titled,"10 climate facts to expose the climate change HOAX" in an attempt to go against the established SCIENTIFIC view. AA has received a large amount of RIDICULE from the Australian media.

Judging by Wikipedia I would conclude that AA is merely a group with an agenda against SCIENCE - reminiscent of America's old Flat-Earth-Society. So, I will continue to believe the PICTURES of the bleached white and dying coral in the Great Barrier Reef. And the prediction by REAL SCIENTISTS (not AA want-to-be-s) that 90% of all earth's coral reefs will be DEAD in about 75 years!