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Riddikulus reef-dementors

The death of the Great Barrier has been greatly exaggerated

13 August 2022

9:00 AM

13 August 2022

9:00 AM

Harry Potter fans know what a Dementor is. To quote Remus Lupin it is a creature that:

glories in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them… get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you.

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Peter Ridd is a marine geophysicist who has studied the reef since 1984 and an adjunct fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs.

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