Tag: Great Barrier Reef
‘Globally significant moment for ocean conservation’: Australia to phase out gill...
“The removal of gillnets in net-free zones on the reef has already helped boost local fish populations. We want to see this happen right across the reef.”
Corals spawning gives scientists hope for ‘vulnerable ecosystem’
The spawning, which was seen from recorded videos off the coast of Cairns, Queensland, "gives the scientists who observed it hope for the vulnerable ecosystem."
Great Barrier Reef in danger: Don’t fight the diagnosis, fight the...
My plea to the government and to my fellow Australians: Don’t let politics thwart science. Don’t fight the diagnosis. Fight the threats. The world is watching and the clock is ticking.
Great Barrier Reef in danger: Don’t fight the diagnosis, fight the...
The loss of the Great Barrier Reef would be incalculable for Australia.
UNESCO proposes to downgrade Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status; Australian...
If added to the List of World Heritage in Danger, the Great Barrier Reef would become the first on it because of climate change reasons.
New corals in the Great Barrier Reef on the decline after...
"We've gotten to the point now where local solutions for the reef are almost pointless – the only thing that matters is action on climate change."
Australia plans to dump more than 1 million tons of sludge...
"The last thing the reef needs is more sludge dumped on it, after being slammed by the floods recently. One million tonnes of dumping dredged sludge into world heritage waters treats our reef like a rubbish tip."
‘Horific’: Two-thirds of Great Barrier Reef damaged in ‘unprecedented’ bleaching
Combating global warming is really the only way to help protect the rest of this coral.
93% of the Great Barrier Reef is Now Bleached
Coral bleaching events in 1998 led to a death of 16 percent of the world’s coral. This time it may be worse.
Coral Bleaching Hits The Great Barrier Reef After Australia Temperatures Break...
Coral bleaching is causing some corals to die in the Great Barrier Reef.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
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Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
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