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This election, what hope is there for the Great Barrier Reef?
2016-07-01 08:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: If the Great Barrier Reef is an election issue for you, then before you head to the polls this weekend, here are a few things worth noting about the major parties policies. Firstly, by way of background, remember that almost a quarter of the reef was killed by warm waters this year, in the worst bleaching event on record. And those water temperatures are expected to be average temperatures within 20 years. To give the reef a fighting chance of surviving that, scientists estimate $10bn needs to...
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Frog rescue: Last hope for endangered amphibian
2016-06-23 01:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Zoo conservationists say a new breeding programme is the "last chance" to save a critically endangered amphibian, the mountain chicken frog, from extinction. In the culmination of a 20-year effort to save the species, a few breeding pairs have been genetically selected and moved into a shipping container that has been converted into a miniature, tropical haven. The hope is that the animals will breed and that offspring can be released to repopulate their native habitat.
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WatchOS 3 Offers New Hope for Smartwatch Category
2016-06-17 00:11:34| TechNewsWorld
Apple finally responded to concerns that were threatening to scuttle its once-promising wearables category. Its introduction of watchOS 3 at this week's WWDC has drawn high praise. The Apple Watch represented the company's attempt to marry the ultimate Dick Tracy smart gadget with the genius of the iPhone, but it fell short. Instead of a convenience, it was far too slow and complicated.
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Zimbabwe villagers displaced by diamond mining hope to see action from government
2016-06-13 02:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Villagers re-located to a sprawling government-owned farm complex in eastern Zimbabwe to make way for the nation's biggest diamond field are hoping that President Robert Mugabe's move to take control of the valued resource will benefit them. More than 1,000 families were moved in 2009 from a village adjacent to the Chiadzwa diamond field in Marange to Arda Transau, a 12,000 hectare farm settlement about 40 km (25 miles) to the north with promises of a better life. Arda Transau was billed as...
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Polynesian Voyagers Bring Messages of Hope to UN on World Oceans Day
2016-06-08 05:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Polynesian voyagers who have sailed the world by canoe using ancient navigation skills will bring pledges they collected along the way to the UN on Wednesday as part of World Oceans Day celebrations. The voyagers sailed the H¨kle"a canoe to New York to deliver the pledges from countries and communities committed to doing their part to help save the world's oceans to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Nainoa Thompson, the Polynesian Voyaging Society's Master Navigator told IPS that they were...
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