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Mass coral bleaching now affecting half Australia Great Barrier Reef
2016-04-11 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The mass coral bleaching event smashing the Great Barrier Reef has severely affected more than half its length and caused patches of bleaching in most areas, according to scientists conducting an extensive aerial survey of the damage. The good news with my last flight is that I found 50 reefs that werent bleached, so that may be the southern boundary, said Terry Hughes from James Cook University. Hughes is the head of the national coral bleaching task force, which has been conducting flights...
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Half Of World Heritage Sites Threatened By Industrial Activities, WWF Says
2016-04-07 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Comment: Almost half of the planet's world heritage sites are threatened by development, despite global protections, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Wildlife Fund. The reef, the Grand Canyon National Park in the U.S. and China's Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - home to more than 30 per cent of the world's endangered pandas - are among the "incredible places" being put at risk, wildlife charity WWF said. While speaking to Reuters, Marco Lambertini, Director General of WWF International,...
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Half of World Heritage Sites at Risk From Fossil Fuel Development and Other Indust
2016-04-07 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Nearly half the world`s natural heritage sites are threatened by various forms of industrial development, according to a new report. The World Wildlife Fund says extractive industries and other large projects pose a clear risk to at least 114 of 229 global sites identified by the organization. A full two-thirds of the sites in sub-Saharan Africa are under threat and 46 sites are recorded as facing multiple threats, including Australia`s Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos Islands. The report...
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Almost Half Of World Heritage Sites Are Threatened, Report Finds
2016-04-06 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The site is part of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System that is protected with World Heritage status. Nearly half of the planet's world heritage sites are threatened by development, despite international protections, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Wildlife Fund. The 229 heritage sites in 96 countries include Egypt's pyramids, Florida's Everglades National Park and Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The WWF report found that 114 of these sites are under threat from oil...
Microsoft exec dismisses idea of an Xbox One and a half, talks Windows and Xbox ecosystem
2016-04-04 14:10:02| Extremetech
Microsoft's Build conference is mostly aimed at developers, but Xbox head Phil Spencer was on hand to talk about the future of that platform as well, and the major gaming enhancements and bug fixes coming to the Windows Store over the next few months.
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