Climate change
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To save the Great Barrier Reef 'we need to start now, right now' – videoJon Brodie from James Cook University says Australia needs to spend $1bn a year for the next 10 years to improve water quality -
Coral bleaching 'has changed the Great Barrier Reef forever' – videoTerry Hughes from James Cook University calls the damage seen this year ‘off the scale’ -
Great Barrier Reef: diving in the stench of millions of rotting animals – videoRichard Vevers had never experienced anything like the devastation he witnessed on the dead and dying coral reefs around Lizard Island
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World Environment Day: drought drives global rise in hunger – in picturesOn World Environment Day, more than a quarter of a billion people, half of them children, are suffering the impact of severe drought across three continents. Aid agencies are working to deliver emergency food parcels to prevent people starving, and to help build livelihood resilience to extreme weather events
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Tale of two summers for our butterfliesPatrick Barkham on the fortunes of butterflies across the land as early summer brings either downpours and chill or sunny warmth
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Queensland bankrolls council projects that mitigate effects of rising sea levelsThe move comes two years after opposition Liberal National party banned mentions of climate change impacts from planning policy
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Spike in Alaska wildfires is worsening global warming, US saysReport from US Geological Survey says northern wildfires must now be seen as significant driver of climate change, not just a side-effect
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Renewable energy smashes global records in 2015, report showsLast year saw record worldwide investment and implementation of clean energy such as wind, solar and hydropower
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Scientists debate experimenting with climate hacking to prevent catastropheDana Nuccitelli: Funding for geoengineering computational experiments was mysteriously included in a Senate appropriations bill
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Want to help fight climate change? Start with reproductive rightsWith overpopulation a key environmental concern, safe access to birth control, abortion and reproductive health services offer a simple solution
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Why matching fish farming with crop irrigation is a win for parched SouthwestFarmers in the Southwest are turning a harsh, dry climate to their advantage by raising fish
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How Greg Hunt and his department turned good news into an international scandalThe full draft of the Unesco report on climate change reveals many mentions of Australia were actually positive
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Australia’s censorship of Unesco climate report is like a Shakespearean tragedyAustralia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef is clearly at risk from climate change, so why would Unesco agree to censor its own report?
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How fracking can contribute to climate changeWorld pollutionwatch Leakage of natural gas from drilling and pipework means more methane is entering the atmosphere
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Homeowners kept in dark about climate change risk to houses, says reportClimate Institute says risk data held by regulators, state and local governments, insurers and banks, but homebuyers and developers do not have access to it
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Most coral dead in many parts of central section of Great Barrier Reef, surveys findAs mass bleaching sweeps the world heritage site, scientists also find an average of 35% of coral dead or dying in the northern and central sections of the reef
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Election 2016: Turnbull tells leaders' debate he will meet tough climate change targetsIn face-off with no decisive winner, Bill Shorten says prime minister is no longer leading on the issue
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Stephen Harper's Conservative praise triggers bad memories for CanadiansAs supporters greet the former PM’s first public remarks since election defeat with admiration, naysayers use Twitter and weigh in on his polarising legacy
Reef on the brink The Great Barrier Reef: a catastrophe laid bare