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Experts: Great Barrier Reef's biggest threat today is coal

Experts: Great Barrier Reef's biggest threat today is coal | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Reef historian Iain McCalman, in Sydney, and reef scientist Stephen Palumbi, in California, are monitoring reef degradation from opposite sides of the planet. They compared notes. Iain McCalman: A recent…

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Truthbehere2's curator insight, October 31, 2014 10:26 AM

I hope when I visit it one day..that it won't be all gone

Katelyn Sesny's curator insight, October 31, 2014 11:39 AM

An experts gives feedback on the affects the Great Barrier Reef (Australia) has endured and how it has lost over 50% of its coral. This expert, Iain McCalman, explains how we can eliminate the threat of the shrinking Great Barrier Reef. - UNIT 1

GTANSW & ACT's curator insight, October 31, 2014 7:25 PM

Option Topic: Marine Environments

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Is Australia shooting itself in the foot with reef port expansions?

Is Australia shooting itself in the foot with reef port expansions? | Human Interest | Scoop.it
With the approval of dredging as part of the Abbot Point port expansion, Australia has given the green light to an increase in coal exports. While opposition to the plan has focused primarily on the effects…

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dilaycock's curator insight, March 17, 2014 6:30 PM

Making the most of our fossil fuels - but at what expense?

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Urbanisation joins mining and farming as threat to Great Barrier Reef

Urbanisation joins mining and farming as threat to Great Barrier Reef | Human Interest | Scoop.it
THE battered Great Barrier Reef may yet face its most damaging issue — urban pollution from millions of people.

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Sally Egan's curator insight, August 31, 2014 6:27 PM

Ecosystems at risk- great releveance to case study or GBR as an ecosystem at risk.

GTANSW & ACT's curator insight, September 2, 2014 6:36 PM

Option - marine environments and managementmanagement