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Brazil: Huge new coral reef is discovered, already in danger
2016-04-23 11:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wingate Wire: It begins in Peru, less than 75 miles from the Pacific shore, among the tiny glacial streams that trickle through the Andes. Sediment and other debris from all over South America is rocketed hundreds of miles out to sea, blocking the sunlight believed necessary for coral reefs to form. The Amazon River discharges more water than any other system in the world. Now, researchers have added yet another jewel to the river's crown. Scientists on a recent expedition to investigate the Amazon River...
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Coral bleaching spreads from Great Barrier Reef to Western Australia
2016-04-22 04:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The global coral bleaching event devastating the Great Barrier Reef has spread to reefs in Western Australia, where the federal government halted the implementation of marine parks, which would help the reefs recover. Related: Mourning Loomis Reef - the heart of the Great Barrier Reef's coral bleaching disaster In light of worsening bleaching, the Greens have called on the government to urgently implement the marine reserves, which were created in 2012, but were effectively abandoned by the...
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Half Australia's Great Barrier Reef coral 'dead or dying': scientists
2016-04-20 08:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: SYDNEY Australian scientists said on Wednesday that just seven percent of the Great Barrier Reef, which attracts around A$5 billion ($3.90 billion) in tourism every year, has been untouched by mass bleaching that is likely to destroy half the coral. Bleaching occurs when the water is too warm, forcing coral to expel living algae and causing it to calcify and turn white. Mildly bleached coral can recover if the temperature drops, otherwise it may die. Although the impact has been exacerbated...
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Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching: Greg Hunt sets up urgent phone conference
2016-04-20 05:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has invited his Queensland counterpart to take part in a urgent phone conference about coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. It comes after Queensland Environment Minister Steven Miles called for a crisis meeting with other state and territory environment ministers to address climate change. Mr Hunt has written to Dr Miles to invite him and "any other relevant Queensland officials" to join the conference call. "I invite you to an urgent phone conference...
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Barrier Reef coral bleaching labelled 'major and significant' as Attenborough warns of 'grave danger'
2016-04-07 03:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef is "major and significant", federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt says. Mr Hunt was commenting after he received his latest briefing from the Reef 2050 Independent Expert Panel about the current bleaching. The Minister's latest remarks come as prominent naturalist Sir David Attenborough declared the reef to be in "grave danger". "The event is still unfolding and the full extent and severity of bleaching may take several weeks to manifest," Mr Hunt...
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