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Australia spells out plans to protect Great Barrier Reef
2015-03-16 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia detailed on Monday how it will ban dumping of all dredge soil in the Great Barrier Reef as it looks to step up protection of the world's largest reef and avoid having it listed by UNESCO as "in danger". UNESCO's World Heritage Committee is due to decide in June whether to put the reef on its "in danger" list because its corals have been badly damaged and some of its animal species, including dugong and large green turtles, are threatened. Such a listing could lead to restrictions...
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Februarys top stories: US pays for reef damage, OMM evades UN sanctions
2015-03-06 01:00:00| Ship Technology
North Korea renamed ships to evade sanctions, Wärtsilä engines are to power the worlds first CNG carrier, and seafarers will operate under new regulations in polar waters. Ship-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from February 2015.
Februarys top stories: US pays for reef damage, OMM evades UN sanctions
2015-03-06 01:00:00| Ship Technology
North Korea renamed ships to evade sanctions, Wärtsilä engines are to power the worlds first CNG carrier, and seafarers will operate under new regulations in polar waters. Ship-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from February 2015.
Along Cubas Coast, the Last Best Coral Reef in the Caribbean Thrives
2015-03-02 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The enduring image of Cuba is of a country locked in a time warp, with 1950s American sedans cruising the streets, colonial-era buildings in disrepair, and six decades of strict state control over the economy and a U.S. embargo keeping development at bay. This frozen-in-amber quality also applies to many of the marine ecosystems surrounding the Caribbeans largest island, with tremendous benefits for Cubas aquatic life. While coral reef cover has declined by 50 percent throughout the Caribbean...
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Caribbean coral findings may influence Barrier Reef studies
2015-02-19 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Corals may be better equipped to tolerate climate change than previously believed, according to research led by Dr Emma Kennedy from Griffith University (Queensland, Australia). Working with scientists from the University of Exeter in the UK, Dr Kennedy says the findings - published in the journal Coral Reefs — relate to an extensive study of Caribbean corals, but could influence future analysis of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Using a high-resol…
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