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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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Australia risks losing one million tourists to Great Barrier Reef bleaching
2016-06-21 08:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: "The 2,300-kilometre long reef - the world's biggest coral ecosystem - is suffering from its worst bleaching in recorded history due to warming sea temperatures.">The 2,300-kilometre long reef - the world's biggest coral ecosystem - is suffering from its worst bleaching in recorded history due to warming sea temperatures. Severe coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could cost it more than a million visitors a year and huge sums in lost tourism revenue, a survey...
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Coral bleaching in Great Barrier Reef to derail tourism, finds survey
2016-06-21 05:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef could result in one million fewer visitors and hundreds of millions of dollars in lost tourism revenue each year, according to a report by a Canberra-based think tank. "The massive drop in visitors would result in the loss of one billion Australian dollars (759 million US dollars) in income, and 10,000 tourism jobs," the Australia Institute said in a report Monday. While many potential visitors may seek other Australian attractions, some "175,000 potential...
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Australia: The Barrier Reef is in danger but its still one of the worlds great sights
2016-06-19 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Anyone in the Cairns tourism industry who might be feeling a sense of panic about the largest destruction of coral on the Great Barrier Reef since divers first strapped on snorkels is not letting it show. The north-eastern Australian city a global holiday destination where the natural wonders name festoons everything from the signs greeting airport arrivals to the local casino is celebrating a storming tourist trade over the last 12 months. Nearly three million people visited in the year...
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