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Small drop in sea level had big impact on southern Great Barrier Reef
2015-01-22 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE:Â University of Sydney researchers have analysed samples from One Tree Reef in the southern Great Barrier Reef and discovered a dramatic slow down following a small fall in sea level. <a href=”http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/85494.php” targe…
Australia: Bishop steps up lobbying stop Great Barrier Reef listed 'danger'
2014-12-09 03:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Julie Bishop has intensified diplomatic efforts to avoid the Great Barrier Reef being deemed in danger, claiming any listing would set a very dangerous precedent that would affect other heritage sites around the world. Bishop, who arrived in Lima for climate change talks on Tuesday, will use the trip to escalate Australias lobbying of other nations to avert the Great Barrier Reef being downgraded by Unescos world heritage committee next year. The committee, comprised of experts from 20...
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Sherwin-Williams Announces Coral Reef as Color of the Year 2015
2014-12-01 06:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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Reef Erosion With Acidity: A 'Double Whammy'
2014-11-27 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Here's something you may not have known: tropical coral reefs are constantly building up and breaking down. In healthy ecosystems, the building will outpace the breakdown, keeping reefs growing and sturdy even as their erosion feeds predators (like worms and the unusual parrotfish). However, in recent years, researchers have begun to worry that in the wake of elevated levels of ocean acidity our reefs are eroding faster than they can grow. Extensive records have shown that one of the most iconic...
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Australian Foreign Minister says reef not in danger but what do her own scientists say?
2014-11-25 05:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australias foreign minister Julie Bishop should apologise for claiming the Great Barrier Reef is not in danger from climate change, according to enough scientific evidence to form a small coral atoll. Sorry. Too glib? When the minister representing Australia at the next major United Nations climate change negotiations appears unwilling to accept the advice of her own government science and reef management agencies, then its time to worry. Indeed, one of the worlds leading marine biologists...
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