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Report & Study: Two articles on coral reefs
This The Guardian article discusses how the Great Barrier Reef hard coral cover is close to record lows. Coral bleaching, crown-of-thorns starfish and cyclones reduced coverage to 10% to 30% over past five years.
Hard coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef is near record lows in […]
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Report: Booming LNG industry could be as bad for climate as coal, experts warn
This The Guardian article discusses how the booming LNG industry could be as bad for climate as coal, experts warn. Liquefied natural gas developments on a collision course with Paris agreement, Global Energy Monitor says.
The booming liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry will play at least as big a role […]
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DeSmogBlog, June 15, 2019
This blog discusses the following:
Following Carcinogen Data Fiasco, Pressure Grows on Massachusetts to Revoke Enbridge Facility Permit
US Poised to Approve Shipping LNG by Rail for Export With No New Safety Rules
House to Debate Amendment With Big Implications for Expanding Petrochemical Industry
Australia’s Controversial Adani Coal Mine […]
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Report: End of civilization: climate change apocalypse could start by 2050 if we don’t act
This article discusses the a report that warns that the end of civilization could start by 2050 if we don’t act.
A chilling Australian policy paper outlining a doomsday scenario for humans if we don’t start dealing with climate change suggests that […]
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Australia to achieve 50% renewables by 2030 without government intervention, analysis finds
This The Guardian article discusses how Australia should achieve 50% renewables by 2030 without government intervention, analysis finds. RepuTex modelling suggests surge in state schemes and rooftop solar will reduce wholesale prices, making gas- and coal-fired power less competitive. The analysis, to be released on Wednesday, suggests that a […]
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Study: climate change is deleteriously impacting marine life
This article discusses how radical Arctic change is bringing spawning cod into new northern waters. A research paper was published last summer that showed how the northern Barents Sea is about to shift from an Arctic to an Atlantic climate.
This article discusses Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. People living near […]
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Study: Climate change could slash $571b from property values
This article discusses how climate change could slash $571b from property values, study warns.
A Climate Council study warns the value of Australian real estate could plunge over the next decade unless future governments have the political will to deal with climate change.
Key points:
The Climate Council estimates Australian real […]
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Report: Great Barrier Reef on the move south as scientists watch from space
This article discusses how the Great Barrier Reef is moving south as scientists watch from space.
Warming ocean temperatures are causing a “migration” of the Great Barrier Reef away from the equator, research published this week has found.
But scientists say we’re unlikely to see the reef off the coast of […]
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Radical climate action ‘critical’ to Great Barrier Reef’s survival, government body says
This article discusses the need for radical climate action save the Great Barrier Reef’s. Australia’s top Great Barrier Reef officials warn the natural wonder will virtually collapse if the planet becomes 1.5 degrees hotter – a threshold that scientists say requires shutting down coal within three decades.
This federal election campaign […]
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Study: Climate change has caused an 89% decrease in new coral in the Great Barrier Reef
This article discusses a study showing that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is dying.
Global warming has caused such extensive damage to the Great Barrier Reef that scientists say its coral may never recover. According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, baby coral in […]
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