Topic: Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Great Barrier Reef declining faster than ever, coral cover could be 5 percent in a decade (+video)
Globally, reefs are being assailed by myriad threats, particularly rising sea temperatures, increased ocean acidity and more powerful storms, but the threat to the Great Barrier Reef is even more pronounced, a study published on Tuesday found.
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Half of Great Barrier Reef lost to starfish and cyclones in less than 30 years (+video)
That overall 50-percent decline, they estimate, is a yearly loss of about 3.4 percent of the reef.
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How much damage did the Shen Neng 1 do the Great Barrier Reef?
Australian arrested two Chinese sailors over the grounding of the Shen Neng 1 coal carrier on the Great Barrier Reef, and Australian investigators are looking into the extent of the damage when the ship was grounded while taking an illegal shortcut through the protected ecosystem.
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Ocean acidification, global warming, and the Great Barrier Reef
The decline in the rate of reef-building along the Great Barrier Reef is severe, sudden, and unprecedented in at least 400 years. Ocean acidification is a leading suspect.
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