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Coral Reef Decline Could Threaten Survival of Crabs, Lobsters
2013-09-24 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Crabs and lobsters might go extinct due to the declining abundance of coral reefs. A new study has found that prehistoric crustaceans were wiped out after reefs began collapsing. Researchers say that a similar fate awaits modern crustaceans that now depend of coral reefs for survival. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Florida and showed a direct co-relation between prehistoric reefs and decapod crustaceans, a group that includes shrimps, crabs and lobsters. "We estimate...
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Massive Port Projects Threaten Integrity Australia Famed Great Barrier Reef
2013-09-23 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: A dead cat in the in-tray. That`s what Greenpeace called the newly elected Australian government`s inheritance of a proposal to build the largest coal port in the world at Abbot Point in the northeastern state of Queensland. A decision is required, and the stakes couldn`t be any higher. On one side lies the opportunity to efficiently exploit nine proposed megamines in the Galilee Basin and the thousands of jobs and billions of export dollars that entails. On the other lies the integrity of the...
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Australia: Minister 'stops the clock' on proposal to dredge Great Barrier Reef
2013-08-09 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Mark Butler, the environment minister, has deferred a decision on whether to allow dredging at the Abbot Point coalport, near the Great Barrier Reef, citing new reports that could influence whether the project is approved. Butler was due to decide by Friday whether to allow the dredging of 3m cubic metres of seabed to allow the Abbot Point port, near the Queensland town of Bowen, to double its capacity of exported coal. But the minister, who previously delayed the decision shortly after being...
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National sea simulator to offer insights into Great Barrier Reef perils
2013-08-01 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A groundbreaking new sea simulator will recreate human impacts on marine conditions in a bid to better understand urgent challenges such as the starfish plague and bleaching that has ravaged the Great Barrier Reef. The National Sea Simulator, or SeaSim, was unveiled by science minister Kim Carr in Townsville on Thursday. The federal government has spent $37m developing the Australian Institute of Marine Science-run facility, which will also be made available to the private sector. SeaSim will contain...
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U.S. Navy drops 4 bombs on Great Barrier Reef
2013-07-23 16:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Australia's Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, is already threatened by climate change, coral bleaching, pesticides, overfishing, oil spills and invasive species. Now we can add four unexploded bombs to the list. U.S. Navy pilots dropped the four bombs on the Great Barrier Reef this week during Talisman Saber, a joint exercise between the Australian and United States militaries. More than 28,000 soldiers and other military personnel converge on northern Australia...
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