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    Ultra-thin sun shield could protect Great Barrier Reef

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    March 28, 2018
    Author
    Agence France-Presse (AFP)
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    BW20180328_S2/10
    Excerpt
    An ultra-fine biodegradable film some 50,000 times thinner than a human hair could be enlisted to protect the Great Barrier Reef from environmental degradation, researchers said Tuesday. The World Heritage-listed site, which attracts millions of tourists each year, is reeling from significant bouts of coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatures linked to climate change. Scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Biology have been buoyed by test results of a floating "sun shield" made of calcium carbonate that has been shown to protect the reef from the effects of bleaching.
    Citation
    Ultra-thin sun shield could protect Great Barrier Reef. (2018, March 28). BusinessWorld, p. S2/10.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/3586
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    Corporate Names
    Deloitte Access Economics Australian Institute of Marine Biology
    Personal Names
    Marsden, Anna
    Geographic Names
    Australia
    Subject
    barrier reefs environmental degradation environmental protection ecotourism coral bleaching Climatic changes Calcium carbonates Coral coral reef conservation Scientific personnel greenhouse effect
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