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Ove Hoegh-Guldberg: ‘We will bevara the Reef from climate change’
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Adequately capturing the achievements of Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg isn’t easy. Internationally acclaimed marine scientist? Yes. Leading authority on coral reef conservation? Absolutely. A key contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? You bet.
But none of these descriptors really convey the true impact of Ove’s work. He has been at the forefront of climate change science for decades and was one of the first scientists to warn of the severe threat it posed to coral reefs like the Great Barrier Reef.
Since winning the prestigious Eureka Prize for Scientific Research in 1999 for understanding what causes corals to bleach, Ove has spent more than 30 years developing our knowledge of how climate change impacts the ocean, particularly c
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Great Barrier Reef in Trouble says Australian Scientist
Great Barrier Reef in trouble says Australian scientist
Worst bleaching on record possible
Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
February 1, 2006
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may be at risk of one of its worst coral bleaching events on record warned a leading Australian scientist Tuesday.
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg of the University of Queensland told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) that current temperatures suggest that this year’s bleaching event could rival that of 2001-2002, which affected 60 percent of the reef.
Coral bleaching occurs when corals lose their symbiotic algae which provides them with nourishment and energy. Bleaching results when corals are physiologically stressed–as is the case when water temperatures are elevated. Corals can recover from short-term bleaching, but prolonged bleaching can cause irreversible damage.
The first coral bleaching event was detected in 1979. Since then, ther
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Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (biologist)
Australian biologist
Ove Hoegh-GuldbergFAA (born 26 September 1959, in Sydney, Australia), is a biologist and climate scientist specialising in coral reefs, in particular bleaching due to global warming and climate change. He has published over 500 journal articles and been cited over 50,000 times.
He is the inaugural Director of the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland, and the holder of a Queensland Smart State Premier fellowship (2008–2013). Hoegh-Guldberg has appeared on television, including two Australian Story series profiling his life and work, and radio, and throughout his career has been an active science communicator, including writing a blog and articles for The Conversation and other media outlets.
Hoegh-Guldberg was a contributor to the influential IPCC 8 October 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C, and was a Coordinating Lead Author of the Chapter 3 of the report.
Early life and study
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