Browsing BusinessWorld by Place "Great Barrier Reef"
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Climate change puts Australian reef on 'knife edge'
(BusinessWorld,March 26, 2010 , on page S3/8)The world's southernmost coral reef is on a "knife-edge" after warmer seas blamed on climate change bleached large parts of it for the first time, an Australian scientist warned on Wednesday. Peter Harrison, who has been ... -
Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger,’ says UNESCO committee
(BusinessWorld,June 23, 2021 , on page S1/9)The Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of “in danger” World Heritage Sites, a UN committee recommended on Tuesday, prompting an angry response from Australia which said it had been blindsided by the move and ... -
Samal coral reefs under threat from crown-of-thorns starfish
(BusinessWorld,October 9, 2015 , on page 4/S3)It starts out looking like a normal five-pointed star, but the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) eventually develops more arms, swells up to one meter in diameter, grows thorns, and preys on corals. This ... -
Scientists warn El Niño damage to coral reefs could be worst ever
(BusinessWorld,October 9, 2015 , on page 8/S1)Scientists on Thursday warned the world faced mass global coral bleaching next year driven by the warming effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon, and it could be the worst on record. A study by the University of Queensland ...