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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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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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Severe coral bleaching is damaging huge swaths of the Great Barrier Reef, scientists say
2016-03-30 15:08:08| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Scientists have declared that key portions of the Great Barrier Reef -- over a thousand miles long and the largest living structure on the planet, according to Australias Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority -- are now seeing the worst coral bleaching in recorded history. Were seeing very severe bleaching in the northern part of the reef, said professor Terry Hughes of James Cook University, where he heads the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies....
Worst bleaching on record for Great Barrier Reef: Scientists say
2016-03-29 01:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Comment: Doropoulos said by studying the reproductive frenzy closely, scientists will be able to determine the best conditions by which coral reefs reproduce, something the CSIRO hopes will allow researchers to assist coral reefs such as the Ningaloo Marine Park and the world-famous Great Barrier Reef to better recover from natural disasters and global warming. Professor Terry Hughes, the convenor of the National Coral Bleaching Taskforce, says the World Heritage site is in the grip of the worst coral bleaching...
Worst bleaching on record for Great Barrier Reef: scientists
2016-03-28 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Aerial surveys of Australia's Great Barrier Reef have revealed the worst bleaching on record in the icon's pristine north, scientists said Tuesday, with few corals escaping damage. Researchers said the view was devastating after surveying some 520 reefs via plane and helicopter between Cairns and the Torres Strait in the north of Queensland state. "This will change the Great Barrier Reef forever," Terry Hughes, an expert on coral reefs from James Cook University, told the Australian Broadcasting...
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