‘But he was fired for talking about it’ is a rather bold claim. Many people get fired who didn’t promote fringe ideas, but claiming you got fired for exposing some big lie is great publicity. I would suggest looking for evidence before assuming someone is telling the truth when they say such things.
As to bleaching it’s not an every year or every reef thing. The general consensus in terms of recent events only 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2022 had wide scale impacts and there’s quite a bit of recovery between those dates and many areas that aren’t impacted. However, more frequent bad years has impacts not just on the ecosystem but also tourism. EX: https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2017/04/10/2016-2017_gbrble...
As far as I can tell, he really was fired to talking about it. That included criticizing other organizations that promoted bleaching catastrophism. Though the direct reason was publishing confidential information about his own disciplining for, as I understand it, saying things publicly.
It's not like he stole office equipment or other unrelated things.
Minor omission, but you missed 2024 from your list of mass bleaching events. Though I guess it's too early for consensus as to the scale of the impact.
As to bleaching it’s not an every year or every reef thing. The general consensus in terms of recent events only 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2022 had wide scale impacts and there’s quite a bit of recovery between those dates and many areas that aren’t impacted. However, more frequent bad years has impacts not just on the ecosystem but also tourism. EX: https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2017/04/10/2016-2017_gbrble...