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Carbon dioxide-spewing volcano drives reef from coral to algae
2015-08-10 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE: These are high-resolution photomosaic images of a healthy coral reef (left) and a volcanically acidified algae-dominated habitat (right) at Maug Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Credit: Image credits: C. E…
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Australia Continues Oil-Spill Search Near Great Barrier Reef
2015-07-19 03:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Maritime authorities will continue searching an area near Australias Great Barrier Reef where patches of oily water have been detected, after an aircraft Saturday failed to locate any material trace of oil. Shoreline searches are being conducted and a helicopter will fly over the area south of Townsville looking for a possible spill, Queenslands Department of Transport and Main Roads said Saturday in an e-mailed statement. While samples of the sheen have been taken for analysis, no on-water...
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Australia on alert for potential oil spill off Great Barrier Reef
2015-07-19 03:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australian authorities remain on alert for a potential oil spill in waters around the Great Barrier Reef despite finding little sign of a reported kilometre-long slick off the north Queensland coast. Maritime safety authorities in Queensland confirmed that small patches of oily water were seen in waters south of Townsville where a fisherman had earlier reported seeing a slick close to 1km long. Aircraft from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority will renew the search for evidence of the oil...
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15,000 sq km of coral reef could be lost in current mass bleaching, say scientists
2015-07-07 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A massive coral bleaching event currently ravaging coral reefs across the globe could destroy thousands of square kilometres of coral cover forever, US government scientists have said. In figures exclusively released to the Guardian, scientists from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said about 12% of the worlds reefs have suffered bleaching in the last year. Just under half of these, an area of 12,000 sq km of coral, may be lost forever. But the devastation is only...
Queensland minister green groups forced radical shift Great Barrier Reef
2015-06-30 04:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Government moves to protect the Great Barrier Reef would not have occurred but for green groups holding governments to account, Queenslands environment minister, Steven Miles, says. The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, has accused environment groups of exaggerating threats to the reef, citing Greenpeace for waging a deceptive campaign to have it declared in danger by the UN. But Miles voiced his support for the role of green groups before his trip to Germany for a final UN decision...
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