Scientists resort to advertising to get Great Barrier Reef crisis in Queensland paper

Climate Council pays for full-page advert as expert says the Courier Mail, Queensland's biggest newspaper, is not covering coral bleaching properly

Scientists say they are fed up with Queensland's biggest newspaper not covering the worst bleaching event to hit the Great Barrier Reef, so have taken out a full page ad to get the message out.

The ad comes as a survey revealed 93% of the Great Barrier Reef was affected by the bleaching. That finding motivated the Queensland government to call on the federal government to convene an urgent meeting of the nation's environment ministers to talk about measures to address climate change in light of bleaching.