A reef in time: Are we heading for the sixth mass extinction?
Channel: statelibraryqld
Date: 30/05/2011

Filmed as part of the 2011 Ideas Festival, Brisbane. The Great Barrier Reef, one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World, is well recognised for its pivotal roles in supporting an abundance of marine life and Queensland's tourism industry. Author, researcher and former Chief Scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Charlie Veron, joins us to discuss a lesser known role of the reef; nature's historian. Hear how the reef helps us to interpret the past to understand where our future may be heading in the age of climate change.