Ten years ago a paper published in the scientific journal PNAS predicted that within ten years the coral of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) of Australia would decline to only 5-10% of its original cover. This didn’t happen. According to Peter Ridd, a marine geophysicist who has studied the GBR for over 35 years, the GBR is in absolutely fabulous condition at the moment. Some coral scientists claimed that climate change has caused catastrophic reef damage three times in the past five years. Ridd says “That damage could never have been as dramatic as they claimed: someone has been exaggerating a lot here, because dramatic damage and already such a spectacular recovery, that is simply not possible.” A long-term monitoring of the reef, conducted by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, shows that the reef was in top condition in 2020-2021. Coral cover has increased in all regions, to 27% in the North, 26% in the Central and 39% in the Southern region. The coral cover is now three times higher than in 2012.