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    • Storms to starfish: Great Barrier Reefs faces rapid coral loss 

      Fogarty, David (BusinessWorld, October 5, 2012, on page S3/9)
      The world's largest coral reef - under threat from Australia's surging coal and gas shipments, climate change and a destructive starfish - is declining faster than ever and coral cover could fall to just 5% in the next ...
    • UN chief: save the oceans to avert 'global catastrophe' 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, June 16, 2017, on page S3/6)
      UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged countries to put aside national gain to save the oceans and avert a "global catastrophe" as he opened the first UN ocean conference. The five-day meeting is the first ...
    • Whales under threat as climate change impacts migration 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, December 4, 2015, on page S3/4)
      The sight of thousands of whales surfacing, jumping and playing off the coast of South America as they migrate toward their breeding grounds is one of nature's most majestic displays. But global warming is killing off their ...