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Future far from great for Australia's Barrier Reef
2013-12-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: As an Island continent, Australia's relationship to the ocean has defined it. The embrace of the pacific oceans from the savage beauty of the Southern sea to the tourist magnets of the Whitsunday islands, are never far from the nation's collective imagination. Today, those oceans are under threat, none more so than the celebrated coral highways of the Great Barrier Reef. In his latest book, Four Degrees of Global Warming: Australia in a Hot World, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg from the University...
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Australia's carbon fund a windfall for big polluters -analysts
2013-12-09 11:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia risks wasting up to A$2 billion ($1.8bn) of its planned Emissions Reduction Fund if it goes ahead with moves to give big polluters carbon credits based on historical efficiency levels, analysts Reputex said on Thursday. The A$2.55 billion fund, known as ERF, is the cornerstone of the conservative government's strategy to achieve its target of cutting Australia's greenhouse gas emissions to 5 percent below 2000 levels by 2020. Under the policy, set to be implemented next year, the...
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Drought conditions return to Australia's eastern states
2013-12-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: While much of Australia has received average to above average rainfall over recent months, parts of Australia such as western Queensland are in the middle of a drought. Drought has been a feature of the Australian climate throughout its recorded history. But compared with other parts of the world, Australia is not as dry as you might think. None of the drier parts of Australia average less than 100 millimetres of rain a year, while parts of the Sahara and South Americas Atacama desert receive...
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Australia's Qantas Airways to slash 1,000 jobs
2013-12-05 06:56:11| Airlines - Topix.net
Qantas Airways said Thursday it will slash 1,000 jobs and suffer half-year losses of at least 250 million Australian dollars , increasing the likelihood that regulators will throw the flag carrier a lifeline by easing restrictions on foreign ownership.
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Australia's spring was the warmest on record, climate records show
2013-12-04 02:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The spring of 2013 has been Australia's warmest on record. Mean temperatures for the season were 1.57C above the 1961-1990 average, surpassing the previous record of 1.43C (set in 2006) by 0.14C. Daytime maximum temperatures were also the highest on record, coming in 2.07C above average and 0.24C above the previous record (also set in 2006), while overnight minimum temperatures were the fourth-warmest on record. The warmth was most dramatic in September, which saw a mean temperature anomaly of...
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