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328 foot-long floating barrier will collect ocean trash
2016-06-26 17:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
End Gadget: There are numerous efforts underway to clean the world's oceans, but The Ocean Cleanup is testing what may be both the simplest and the most ambitious. It just launched a 328 foot-long prototype floating barrier that will collect trash floating in the North Sea. If it can survive the rough conditions of those waters, the plan is to deploy a 62 mile-long (!) barrier in the Pacific Ocean and reduce the size of the notorious Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- the hope is to halve the size of the trash field...
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Great Barrier Reef: scientists ask Malcolm Turnbull to curb fossil fuel use
2016-06-26 06:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As the largest international gathering of coral reef experts comes to a close, scientists have written to the Australian prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, calling for action to save the worlds reefs. The letter was sent to Turnbull on Saturday imploring his government to do more to conserve the nations reefs and curb fossil fuel consumption. The letter, signed by past and present presidents of the International Society for Reef Studies on behalf of the 2,000 attendees of the International...
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Bleached Great Barrier Reef corals sickest ever, warn scientists
2016-06-23 10:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Corals are dying rapidly and sustained high sea temperatures will make it harder than ever to recover, say researchers A scientist assesses the damage in a bleached coral reef (Pic: XL Catlin Seaview Survey) Corals affected by mass bleaching on the northern Great Barrier Reef are the sickest Australian scientists have ever seen. The corals have been hit by unusually high sea temperatures a consequence of El Nio, the periodic blister of heat that bubbles up in the Pacific and started...
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Cattle station purchase 'fantastic' for Great Barrier Reef, green groups say
2016-06-22 09:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Environment groups are applauding a fantastic move by the Queensland government to protect the Great Barrier Reef by buying a Cape York cattle station responsible for a disproportionate amount of pollution that flows on to the reef. The Queensland government has spent $7m buying the 560 sq km Springvale Station, situated south of Cooktown, the ABC reported on Wednesday. Cattle stations cause erosion and long gullies that pour sediment into rivers that drain into the water around the Great Barrier...
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Cost is biggest barrier to Bangladesh RMG remediation
2016-06-21 15:42:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
High interest rates, a lack of financial literacy and an unwillingness among factory managers are proving to be the main barriers to obtaining remediation financing in Bangladesh's Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector, a new study has shown.
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