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An environmental group said Thursday some of the world's greatest natural treasures are threatened with destruction because of global warming — from the Great Barrier Reef to the Amazon rain forests and the unique ecosystem of the Mexican desert.
An extensive plan to save Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been announced by Prime Minister John Howard's main rival in the forthcoming elections. Mr. Howard believes the Kyoto Protocol is flawed............. Dang.
Federal Labor environment spokesman Peter Garrett has accused the Government of denying him sensitive environment information under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.
The world has a narrow window of opportunity to save coral reefs from the destruction caused by extreme climate change, according to a unanimous statement issued today by leading Australian scientists.
"It appears this acidification is now taking place over decades, rather than centuries as originally predicted. It is happening even faster in the cooler waters of the Southern Ocean than in the tropics. It is starting to look like a very serious issue."
Proposals have been unveiled for the world's largest marine reserve in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Australia, to protect the area from illegal shark fishing and oil and gas prospecting.
This is already the biggest global climate petition, but we need more signatures to win over waverers and save the next Kyoto Protocol -- please, add your name today! At the summit, we're sending the petition to leaders and negotiators and mounting 'target' spectacles in Sydn …
"But these microscopic algae are quite weird and unlike any other lifeform. They have different photosynthetic machinery from all other light harvesting organisms. They have 100 times more DNA than we do and we have no idea why such a small organism needs so much.
GREAT BARRIER REEF - Off Australia's east coast, you will find the Blue Outback, a kaleidoscope of life that is the Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest structure built by living organisms.
Green sea turtles, cascades of glittering reef fish, blooming coral pillars - countless travellers have come nose to nose with a thriving undersea universe while on holiday.
Green sea turtles, cascades of glittering reef fish, blooming coral pillars -- countless travelers have come nose to nose with a thriving undersea universe while on vacation.
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Australian rescuers were on Friday trying to solve the "Mary Celeste" style mystery of a yacht found floating off the coast with its engine running, food on its table ready to eat, but no crew.
A Queensland marine scientist says the Great Barrier Reef may have delayed the impact of the tsunami that was generated in the Solomon Islands on Monday. Dr Rob Beaman filmed three waves which caused the sea level off Cairns to rise by around 20 centimetres on Monday morning.
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR), one of the wonders of the world and of Australia, may be essentially destroyed in 25 years due to global warming according to the leaked IPCC 2007 report due to be released from today.
The idea that the Great Barrier Reef may be destroyed by global warming is not new, but it is a myth. The expected rise in sea level associated with global warming may benefit coral reefs and the Great Barrier Reef is likely to extend its range further south.
The Great Barrier Reef will become "functionally extinct" within decades at the current rate of global warming, while wilder weather is set to affect property values and drive up insurance bills in many Australian coastal communities.
SHALLOW corals in a large network of the Great Barrier Reef have been destroyed by a freakishly-timed rainstorm. Ray Berkelmans of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), said all the shallow water corals around central Queensland's Keppel Islands died when a …
Scientists are considering a plan to make the water of the Great Barrier Reef cooler for corals vulnerable to the damage from climate change.
World Heritage sites such as the Great Barrier Reef or Kathmandu, in Nepal, could be taken off the tourism map by 2020 due to the effects of climate change and too many visitors, a think tank has said.
When the temperature soars, coral reefs might cool off by creating their own clouds.
290 km/h winds as the storm slams into the Queensland state coast about 100km south of Cairns (close to the Great Barrier Reef); evacuations ahead of the storm.
When marine scientist Ray Berkelmans went diving at Australia's Great Barrier Reef earlier this year, what he discovered shocked him -- a graveyard of coral stretching as far as he could see.
With the ecology of coral reefs around the globe increasingly under pressure, scientists on Australia's Great Barrier Reef are establishing a network of sensors to better understand this beautiful part of the underwater world.
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