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- Great Barrier Reef: 2016 Coral Cover Loss and Local Sea Level Fall Tue, 3 Oct 17, 7:58amGuest post by David Middleton EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Climate change is internationally-recognised as one of the biggest threats to coral reefs around the world, including the Great Barrier Reef...
- Scientists surprised that reef that survived the hotter holocene is already recovering from 2016 bleaching Fri, 29 Sep 17, 9:16pmCoral which has produced eggs near Fitzroy Island. Photo AIMS, Neal Cantin. The ABC reports today that the Great Barrier Reef is recovering “surprisingly” fast. Optimism is rising among scientists that parts of...
- Great Barrier Reef: Queensland Labor may break election vow and allow coal ship loading Sat, 23 Sep 17, 6:00amLabor vowed to ban ‘trans-shipping’ in reef waters after UN’s scientific body raised concerns about proposal in 2014
- An Ecologist’s Plea to Dr. Terry Hughes: The Public Needs Robust Science Regards Coral Bleaching, Not Fearmongering! Sun, 27 Aug 17, 4:00amGuest essay by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism Recently Dr...
- Dirty coal to dirty politics: everything is connected through a malformed political economy | David Ritter Fri, 21 Jul 17, 4:00amThe life of our reef is intimately linked to the health of our politics and the future of our communities. Coal has no role to play
- The cynical and dishonest denial of climate change has to end: it's time for leadership | Gerry Hueston Fri, 14 Jul 17, 9:24amAbsence of climate and energy policy has left Australia lagging dangerously behind, missing out on investment and facing major electricity disruptions.
- Tackling the plastic bottle crisis and our wider disregard for nature | Letters Sat, 1 Jul 17, 4:13amGreen co-leader Caroline Lucas says she hopes to build a cross-party coalition to stop bottle wastage, while other correspondents offer their thoughts on protecting the environment
- The threatened Great Barrier Reef is estimated to be worth $42 billion Tue, 27 Jun 17, 3:56amOur unsustainable habits are propelling climate change, and as a result, the Great Barrier Reef is under immense environmental stress. Coral bleaching has reached record levels and no one knows if or when the coral will...
- Adani is not just another coalmine, it is a turning point for the nation | Hamish McKenzie Mon, 17 Apr 17, 10:37amIf the government approves this monstrous mine it will be committing environmental treason against every Australian who values our farmers, our coasts, our bush and our way of life
- Footage shows wetlands blackened by Abbot Point coal dust, activists say Wed, 12 Apr 17, 5:15pmAdani says it released water into the Caley valley wetlands after Cyclone Debbie, but claims photos showing apparent contamination are ‘misleading’
- Rising ocean temperatures are cooking the Great Barrier Reef to death Tue, 11 Apr 17, 1:24amAustralia's Great Barrier Reef offers dramatic evidence of the reality of climate change. Scientists have found an astonishing two-thirds of the reef undergoing mass coral bleaching as warmer ocean temperatures are basically...
- Need for transparency as 'slush fund' allegations get bandied about | Lenore Taylor Sat, 1 Apr 17, 10:13amIf the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility hasn’t got a risk policy yet, how can it be considering a $1bn loan for the Adani project?
- In the battle for the planet's climate future, Australia's Adani mine is the line in the sand | Bill McKibben Mon, 27 Mar 17, 11:22amAustralians must decide whether they continue to support coal or whether the future is renewable. Without a doubt, Malcolm Turnbull will be left on the losing side
- Big tourism must demand action to save the reef – its business depends on it | David Ritter Tue, 28 Feb 17, 12:57pmAs the Great Barrier Reef faces the return of coral bleaching, why are Mantra, Accor and Marriott still silent on Adani?
- Great Barrier Reef tourist pollution may be causing turtle-specific herpes outbreak Thu, 7 Jul 16, 8:00pmPollution may be the cause of a peculiar form of herpes currently plaguing sea turtles living near the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers at James Cook University in Australia have been mapping the outbreak and found a hotspot...