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12/23/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Researchers find high levels of pesticides in the Great Barrier Reef, including one that’s BANNED in 60 countries
Marine scientists have detected dangerous levels of several pesticides in the Great Barrier Reef, including the herbicide atrazine. This pesticide has been banned in 60 countries but remains registered for use in Australia. In a report published in the journal Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, reef water quality expert Jon Brodie and fisheries veterinarian Matt Landos said that 50 individual pesticide […]
02/27/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Great Barrier Reef on brink of 3rd major coral bleaching in 5 years, scientists warn
Scientists and conservationists make an alarming statement: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is on the brink of another major coral bleaching. As per official records, this will be the third bleaching event happening in the reef system within the last five years. “Bleaching” is a phenomenon wherein coral polyps expel the zooxanthellae or algae living inside […]
07/09/2019
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By Cassie B.
Australia plans to dump tons of sludge on the Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia has been under threat lately from coral bleaching, but now it’s facing what experts are terming “another nail in the coffin” as plans have been approved to dump more than a million tons of sludge there. In January, a permit was issued by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park […]
11/12/2017
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By Janine Acero
Australia is dealing with the “most severe bleaching event ever recorded” on its western reefs
The massive coral bleaching in the coast of Western Australia in 2016 is the most severe bleaching event in recorded history, a recent study reports. Researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA), ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and Western Australian Marine Science Institution studied and measured how the harrowing event impacted the reef systems […]
10/29/2017
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By Janine Acero
Our oceans are so polluted that the coral are now eating plastic, new study finds
Scientists believe corals have developed a taste for plastic adrift the oceans, which means corals are ingesting the chemical additives within these plastics, as reported in a Daily Mail article. The researchers at Duke University discovered the concerning situation after the corals in their experiments ate all types of plastics, “but preferred unfouled microplastics by a threefold […]
06/08/2017
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By Amy Goodrich
Great Barrier Reef being destroyed by CHEMICALS, not global warming: Scientists pinpoint the synthetic toxins responsible
With so much attention being given to global warming these days it easy to blame our changing climate for everything that is going wrong in this world. However, new research by scientists from the University of Queensland revealed that man-made substances and chemicals, not global warming, are the cause of mass contamination of the ocean […]
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