Coral
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Great Barrier Reef tourism operators refuse media and politicians access to bleached reefsSeveral major operators refuse to take Greens’ senators to bleached reefs as a a backdrop for policy announcements, fearing potential impact on tourism
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Great Barrier Reef: Greens call for new tax on mining to pay for damageGreens leader Richard di Natale says Australia needs to plan for a future without coal, not a future without the reef
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Huge coral reef discovered at Amazon river mouthScientists astonished to find 600-mile long reef under the muddy water in a site already marked for oil exploration
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Study reveals greater climate impacts of 2C temperature riseAnalysis of difference between 1.5C and 2C of warming finds extra 0.5C would mean longer heatwaves, greater droughts and threats to crops and coral reefs
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Link between fossil fuels and Great Barrier Reef bleaching clear and incontrovertibleData shows bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier Reef coincides with record warm ocean temperatures in the region
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Great Barrier Reef: aerial survey reveals extent of coral bleachingJames Cook University professor Terry Hughes says he flew over 600km of reef and more than 60% was bleached
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Dredging Florida coral reef is ‘lunacy’ says Philippe Cousteau, grandson of JacquesExpansion plans for a port near the continental US’s only barrier reef have been fiercely criticized by experts, but proponents say it will bring jobs
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Climate change warnings for coral reef may have come to pass, scientists sayAs coral bleaching threat is raised for Great Barrier Reef, experts say events show that dire projections for reefs under global warming were not alarmist
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Ocean acidification slowing coral reef growth, study confirmsFirst scientific study on a natural coral reef shows the effect of acidification caused by global warming, rather than common factors in reef decline
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Devastating global coral bleaching event could hit Great Barrier Reef nextAustralia’s world heritage-listed reef is threatened by warmer waters that have killed off coral in Fiji but the full impact depends on the weather
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Climate change will lead to deformed and virus-hit coral reefsBleaching events triggered by CO2 emissions will make oceans acidic and hostile for coral growth, new studies say
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Satellite Eye on Earth: January 2016 - in picturesUS snowstorms, Tasmanian bushfires and Arabian plankton blooms were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
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Microsoft co-founder's yacht tears up protected coral reef in Cayman IslandsPaul Allen’s 330ft vessel destroys 80% of reef in protected zone, embarrassingly so as Allen’s foundation supports marine conservation
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What does the Paris agreement mean for the world's other 8 million species?In December, the world’s nations agreed on an aggressive plan to combat climate change. But what, if anything, will the landmark Paris agreement do for thousands of species already under threat from global warming?
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Satellite Eye on Earth: November 2015 - in picturesIceberg cloud wakes in the Antarctic, cloud vortices in the Indian Ocean and salt pans in the Australian desert were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month
Most coral dead in central section of Great Barrier Reef, surveys reveal