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Great Barrier Reef loses more than half its coral cover

admin /2 October, 2012

Great Barrier Reef loses more than half its coral cover Population explosion of coral-eating starfish, storms and acidification of oceans causing rapid decline, study finds Share258 Email Alok Jha, science correspondent guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 October 2012 20.00 BST Bleached coral at the Keppel Islands on the southern Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia. Photograph: Reuters Continue Reading →

Crush hour: $9b rail link flaw

admin /2 October, 2012

Crush hour: $9b rail link flaw Date October 2, 2012 93 reading now Comments 44 Read later Jacob Saulwick Transport Reporter View more articles from Jacob Saulwick Follow Jacob on TwitterEmail Jacob inShare Pin It Email article Print Reprints & permissions <iframe id=”dcAd-1-3″ src=”http://ad-apac.doubleclick.net/adi/onl.smh.news/national/nsw;cat=national;cat1=nsw;ctype=article;sz=120×50;tile=3;ord=9.8162612E7?” width=’120′ height=’50’ scrolling=”no” marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ allowtransparency=”true” frameborder=”0″> </iframe> EXCLUSIVE Broken promises Continue Reading →

There are record extremes in sea ice at both poles

admin /1 October, 2012

Groundwater‑use big contributor to sea–level risedesalination.bizIn a paper, Model estimates of sea–level change due to anthropogenic impacts on terrestrial water storage, published in Nature Geoscience , the team of six centred on the University of Tokyo say that, while the global sea–level is rising, only part of …See all stories on this topic » There Continue Reading →

Climate change could cripple southwestern U.S. forests: Trees face rising drought stress and mortality as climate warms

admin /1 October, 2012

Climate change could cripple southwestern U.S. forests: Trees face rising drought stress and mortality as climate warms Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT Combine the tree-ring growth record with historical information, climate records, and computer-model projections of future climate trends, and you get a grim picture for the future of trees in the southwestern Continue Reading →