Coral Reefs Sensing Our Changing Climate

澳大利亚的大堡礁是一种宝贵的国家和社区资源，支持昆士兰海岸线沿线的商业和休闲渔业以及广泛的国家和国际旅游业。然而，这是一个受到气候变化威胁的环境。珊瑚礁环境退化的影响是广泛的，对澳大利亚和昆士兰的经济和生活方式都有影响。必须更好地了解这一宝贵的环境将如何应对其不断变化的环境，这将为我们提供一个更知情的基础，以便预测其未来的可持续性。

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is a valuable national and community resource, supporting commercial and recreation fishing and extensive national and international tourism along the length of Queenslands coastline. However it is an environment that is under threat from changing climate. The impact of a degraded reef environment is broad reaching, with effects on the Australian and Queensland economy and way of life. A better understanding of how this valuable environment will respond to its changing environment is imperative and will provide us with a more informed basis on which to predict its future sustainability.