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Australia: Calls climate action over Great Barrier Reef bleaching
2016-03-21 07:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Environmental groups Monday urged greater action on climate change after the government sounded the alarm over severe coral bleaching in the pristine northern reaches of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The government said Sunday that corals had turned white and grey in parts of the World Heritage-listed marine park, with the bleaching "severe" in northern areas. Environmental group WWF said large sections of coral near Lizard Island were drained of all colour and fighting for survival. "The...
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Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef worse than for decades video
2016-03-21 06:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Prof Justin Marshall, a marine biologist and neuroscientist, has witnessed the coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef change from a healthy brown to white over 30 years as a result of bleaching. He says he has never seen it in a worse state. Coral bleaching is caused by the ocean warming over a long period, which in this case is believed to have been caused by the El Nio effect, on top of climate change over many years
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Coral bleaching at Barrier Reef 'severe': Australia
2016-03-20 10:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Australian authorities said Sunday coral bleaching occurring in the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef had become "severe", the highest alert level, as sea temperatures warm. Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt said while the bleaching at this stage was not as severe as in 1998 and 2002, also El Nino-related events, "it is however, in the northern parts a cause for concern". "The reef is 2,300 kilometres (1,429 miles) long and the bottom three-quarters is in strong condition, but...
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Severe coral bleaching worsens in pristine parts Great Barrier Reef
2016-03-14 06:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Damage to parts of the Great Barrier Reef has worsened, leading authorities to raise the alert to the second-highest level, indicating severe local coral bleaching. The bleaching is worst in the most pristine and remote parts of the reef north of Cairns, according to Terry Hughes, convenor of the National Coral Taskforce. Its the jewel in the crown of the Great Barrier Reef and its now getting a quite a serious impact from this bleaching event, he said. The northern reefs are bleaching quite...
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Australia: WWF: Worst coral bleaching on Lizard Island since 2002 a cause for concern
2016-03-01 07:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Reports that Lizard Island is experiencing the worst coral bleaching since 2002 is a major concern for the Great Barrier Reef, WWF-Australia said on Tuesday. The organisation today released photographs of the damage showing a wide variety of corals being impacted. WWF Great Barrier Reef campaigner Louise Matthiesson said Lizard Island, in far north Queensland, is being hit amid forecasts of more risk of coral bleaching on the Reef in March. "If conditions continue to worsen, the Great Barrier...
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