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Australia: The Barrier Reef is in danger but its still one of the worlds great sights
2016-06-19 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Anyone in the Cairns tourism industry who might be feeling a sense of panic about the largest destruction of coral on the Great Barrier Reef since divers first strapped on snorkels is not letting it show. The north-eastern Australian city a global holiday destination where the natural wonders name festoons everything from the signs greeting airport arrivals to the local casino is celebrating a storming tourist trade over the last 12 months. Nearly three million people visited in the year...
Samsung Pay Hits Australia, Singapore
2016-06-15 18:03:34| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
The mobile payment service arrives in the Land Down Under one day before launching in Southeast Asia.
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Samsung Pay Hits Australia, Singapore
2016-06-15 18:03:34| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The mobile payment service arrives in the Land Down Under one day before launching in Southeast Asia.
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Australia: Risk register for climate change: report
2016-06-14 09:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: A key economic development body says Australia needs to start considering the cost of carbon emissions and establish a National Risk Register to help it plan for disasters associated with climate change. A new report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says that an estimate of the social cost of carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions - that is the economic damages associated with increased emissions - is needed to evaluate responses to climate change. CEDA on...
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Great Barrier Reef: Australia Pledges $740M To Protect Climate Change-Ravaged Structure
2016-06-13 09:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: The past few months have brought in a raft of news about the health of the iconic Great Barrier Reef -- each one worse than the last. According to recent surveys, over 90 percent of the 1,400 mile structure has been affected by some level of coral bleaching -- an event that occurs when corals, stressed by rising water temperature and acidity, expel the symbiotic algae living within their tissues. This bleaching event, which is the worst in the reefs history, has killed 35 percent of its corals in...
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