tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post370956771937296094..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: I will show you fear in a handful of dustbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-68316675757269294802013-12-10T14:10:24.884+00:002013-12-10T14:10:24.884+00:00Guardian: Hunt approves coal port expansion at Abb...Guardian: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/10/greg-hunt-approves-dredging-off-queensland-to-create-huge-coalport" rel="nofollow">Hunt approves coal port expansion at Abbot Point</a>. This is the trigger UNESCO warned about. I hope they have the guts to follow through on their threat and downgrade the status of the GBR.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-81674024759260393752013-11-01T15:06:16.217+00:002013-11-01T15:06:16.217+00:00Guardian: GBR strategic assessment warns of declin...Guardian: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/01/great-barrier-reef-strategic-assessment" rel="nofollow">GBR strategic assessment warns of declining health of the reef</a>, especially the southern 2/3rds and names climate change as "the most serious long-term risk facing the reef".byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-11047016661648850972013-07-10T15:17:15.900+01:002013-07-10T15:17:15.900+01:00Guardian: GBR report card - reef in decline.Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/10/great-barrier-reef-report-card" rel="nofollow">GBR report card - reef in decline</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-28364373147965420942013-02-05T10:00:12.534+00:002013-02-05T10:00:12.534+00:00Conversation: Australia coy in report to UN on pla...Conversation: <a href="https://theconversation.edu.au/australia-coy-in-report-on-heritage-status-of-great-barrier-reef-11916" rel="nofollow">Australia coy in report to UN on plans for GBR</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://theconversation.edu.au/grief-of-great-barrier-reef-unesco-should-declare-heritage-site-in-danger-11928" rel="nofollow">UN should declare GBR in danger</a>.<br /><br />"The byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-81748597426152682522013-02-02T22:15:57.179+00:002013-02-02T22:15:57.179+00:00Guardian: Oz govt promises to protect GBR.Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/01/australia-protect-great-barrier-reef" rel="nofollow">Oz govt promises to protect GBR</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-79760572231713396322012-09-25T21:57:40.644+01:002012-09-25T21:57:40.644+01:00SciDaily: Warmer waters affecting the GBR.SciDaily: <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120924102506.htm" rel="nofollow">Warmer waters affecting the GBR</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-57395732919812373652012-09-11T10:20:32.874+01:002012-09-11T10:20:32.874+01:00CPD: Preserving Our Marine Wealth. A report from t...CPD: <a href="http://cpd.org.au/2012/06/preserving-our-marine-wealth/" rel="nofollow">Preserving Our Marine Wealth</a>. A report from the Centre for Policy Development on the economic benefits of Australia's marine parks.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-76470181834850725982012-09-10T15:15:00.638+01:002012-09-10T15:15:00.638+01:00Guardian: Massive expansion of nature reserves nee...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/07/huge-nature-reserves-species-unep" rel="nofollow">Massive expansion of nature reserves needed</a> as part of efforts to prevent biodiversity collapse.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-15197763630632524822012-08-30T12:36:04.343+01:002012-08-30T12:36:04.343+01:00Australia's world-leading marine reserves now ...Australia's world-leading marine reserves now have stiff competition from <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/aug/30/pacific-marine-park" rel="nofollow">Cook Islands and New Caledonia</a>. I am guessing that Australia may have had some influence in this, though would be fascinated to know how much.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-51358289824653391282012-08-21T15:30:32.525+01:002012-08-21T15:30:32.525+01:00DD: Coal boom threatens Great Barrier Reef.DD: <a href="http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2012/08/australia-coal-boom-threatens-great.html" rel="nofollow">Coal boom threatens Great Barrier Reef</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-85814810983947640522012-08-19T14:46:22.688+01:002012-08-19T14:46:22.688+01:00Grist: CSIRO report says climate change is already...Grist: <a href="http://grist.org/news/climate-change-is-messing-with-tropical-fish-people-in-australia/" rel="nofollow">CSIRO report says climate change is already measurably affecting Australian oceans</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-11960970551073903182012-07-26T23:20:25.169+01:002012-07-26T23:20:25.169+01:00NewScientist: Another example of sudden ecosystem ...NewScientist: <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22090-heatwave-transformed-australian-marine-life.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news" rel="nofollow">Another example</a> of sudden ecosystem change (also Australian).byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-47512616358290728362012-07-04T16:19:45.174+01:002012-07-04T16:19:45.174+01:00PhysOrg: Groundwater depletion in semi-arid region...PhysOrg: <a href="http://phys.org/news/2012-05-groundwater-depletion-semiarid-regions-texas.html" rel="nofollow">Groundwater depletion in semi-arid regions of Texas and California threatens food security</a>.<br /><br />"Three results of the new study are particularly striking: First, during the most recent drought in California's Central Valley, from 2006 to 2009, farmers in the south byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-46599001610615250612012-07-04T02:31:14.278+01:002012-07-04T02:31:14.278+01:00The Conversation: UN throws down the gauntlet on G...The Conversation: <a href="https://theconversation.edu.au/unesco-throws-down-gauntlet-on-great-barrier-reef-ports-8018" rel="nofollow">UN throws down the gauntlet on GBR</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-44877197221738533382012-06-25T16:11:02.299+01:002012-06-25T16:11:02.299+01:00RealClimate: Groundwater study critiqued.RealClimate: <a href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2012/06/what-makes-sea-level-rise/" rel="nofollow">Groundwater study critiqued</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com