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Australia: Conservationists welcome bank decision on reef port
2014-05-24 00:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Environmentalists on Saturday welcomed Deutsche Bank's reluctance to invest in a major port expansion near Australia's Great Barrier Reef, saying it reflected global concern about the project. Australia gave the green light to the major coal port expansion for India's Adani Group at Abbot Point on the Great Barrier Reef coast last year subject to strict environmental conditions. But conservationists slammed the approval, warning it would hasten the natural wonder's demise given it is under pressure...
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Coral Reef Restoration Cheap, Effective Way of Saving Coastlines; Researchers Say
2014-05-14 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Saving coral reefs could be an efficient and cheaper way of saving world's coastlines, a new study has found. Coral reefs are delicate ecosystems and provide shelter to 25 percent of all marine organisms. The latest study found that these reefs can act as the "tough guy" against waves and can dissipate around 97 percent of the wave energy. Researchers used data from 27 previous studies conducted in different regions around the world, from coasts that see normal waves to hurricane level waves....
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UNESCO concerned Australia decision on dumping coal waste in Great Barrier Reef waters
2014-05-02 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The UNs world heritage body has said it has concerns over the decision by the Australian government to allow the dredging and dumping of millions of tonnes of sludge from new coal export terminals into the waters of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland. UNESCO said that the project was approved by the Abbott government despite an indication that less impacting disposal alternatives may exist. Abbot Point is a deepwater coal port located in Queensland, whose expansion was approved in 2012...
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Barrier Reef: miners' advertising campaign to defend dredging of ports
2014-04-23 03:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A galvanised mining industry has promised a prolonged campaign of advertising and lobbying to counter what it sees as scaremongering by environmental activists. The Queensland Resources Council will on Wednesday launch its first ever TV advertisements aimed at challenging claims by environmentalists that ports, shipping and seabed dredging for coal exports are threatening the health of the Great Barrier Reef. The ads state there is no scientific evidence linking degradation of the reef to...
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Research shows fishing affects coral reef recovery
2014-04-19 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pacific Sunday News: Climate change continues to warm the waters around the islands in the Pacific Ocean, causing various types of damage to the surrounding reefs. One ecologist from the University of Guam believes "localized stressors" have a large impact on the recovery time of coral reef communities. But if looked at from a stakeholder approach, he's confident island communities can clearly define the future of coral reef communities. Peter Houk, coral reef ecologist from UOG's Marine Laboratory, presented...
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