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NEWS ABOUT: Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef stories: 7 news summaries

Congressmen Studied Climate Change—on $500K Trip

Lawmakers snorkeled, visited South Pole

Aug 8, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Snorkeling, scuba diving, and penguin-watching were on the agenda when 10 members of Congress went on an 11-day trip to study climate change in early 2008, a Wall Street Journal investigation finds. Lawmakers from both parties, along with six spouses, visited New Zealand, Antarctica, and Australia's Great Barrier Reef on... More »

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climate change • Congress • travel • global warming • Antarctica • Great Barrier Reef

(Newser) - Twenty-eight finalists made the cut today for the “New 7 Wonders of Nature” poll, including the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the AP reports. Organizers expect 1 billion people to vote online or by phone before the winners are announced in 2011. Other wonders up... More »

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seven wonders • Grand Canyon • Amazon rainforest • opinion polls • Great Barrier Reef • Galapagos Islands • New 7 Wonders of Nature • Mount Kilimanjaro • Black Forest • Bernard Weber

 Hubby to Serve 
 Year in Newlywed 
 Wife's Dive Death 

Alabama man admits letting his bride sink to her death off the Great Barrier Reef

Jun 5, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Alabama man will serve 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of his wife off Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Guardian reports. Gabe Watson, an experienced diver trained in rescue procedures, made no attempt to save his wife, a novice diver, as she sank... More »

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Australia • murder • drowning • manslaughter • diving • Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef Rebounds From Crisis

Scientists credit luck
for natural wonder's 'spectacular' healing

Apr 22, 09 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Parts of the Great Barrier Reef bleached by warming waters 3 years ago have made a speedy recovery because of a few lucky breaks, the Guardian reports. Reefs typically take at least a decade to overcome human-created crises, but a combination of biological factors helped the reef's speedy healing, Australian... More »

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Australia • El Nino • coral reef • scientific study • Great Barrier Reef • coral bleaching

Coral Reef's Slow Growth Worries Scientists

They blame climate change for trouble

Jan 2, 09 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Great Barrier Reef isn't growing as fast as it should, and the consequences could be devastating for the vast species of marine life that it supports, say Australian scientists. A 13% decline in coral growth rate since 1990 is the first such drop in 400 years, says their report... More »

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global warming • ocean • threatened species • coral reef • Great Barrier Reef

10 Places Already Feeling Global Warming's Heat

Hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast has taken the brunt of climate change so far

Dec 25, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - While some consider global warming a cautionary tale of things to come, its effects are already being felt all over the world, reports Scientific American. The worst-hit:
  • Darfur: The deserts have been crippled by a decades-long drought, and can no longer support farmers or their grazing herds.
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Darfur • politics • global warming • hurricane • Northwest Passage • Gulf Coast • Uganda • Alps • Great Barrier Reef

 Sea of New 
 Ocean Life 
 Discovered 

Scientists find new crustaceans, rays, sharks and coral

Sep 19, 08 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Over 100 new ocean species have been discovered in coral reefs off Western Australia during a global census of marine life. They include exotic soft corals, new kinds of jellyfish, rays and shellfish, and parasites that feed on the tongues of fish, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The discoveries are... More »

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shark • jellyfish • coral reef • Western Australia • Great Barrier Reef • Ningaloo Reef • Census of Marine Life • Australian Institute of Marine Science • AIMS • Australian Museum • rays

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