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Bondies awarded in 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours (Bond University)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jun 2016

(Source. Bond University). Bond University Professor, Dr Vicki Bitsika, and Board of Trustee Member and Adjunct Associate Professor, Dr Peter Charles Heiner, have been made Members (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours ... He has also worked as a medical practitioner in Wujal Wujal, Cooktown and Hopevale communities, Indigenous and Remote Eye Health Service, (IRIS), 'for 7 years'....

How Will The Barrier Reef Recover From The Death Of One-Third Of Its Northern Corals?

Edit IFL Science 09 Jun 2016

The Scale Of The Damage ... But on the reef’s northernmost section, north of Cooktown, we estimate that more than half of the coral colonies on many reefs have died. What Do These Figures Really Mean? ... But in places where coral deaths are spread across most of the reefs, such as the stretch north of Cooktown, the coral larvae needed to recolonise the reefs have to travel much longer distances and this slows down the recovery ... ....

photo: US Navy / Chief Photographer's Mate John S. Stadelman

Chief Interior Communications Technician Curtis N. Fox, assigned to USS Blue Ridge, enjoys an open water recreational scuba dive at Manta Ray Bay Reef on the Great Barrier Reef during a four-day port visit to Cairns, Australia.

The Great Barrier Reef: a catastrophe laid bare

Edit The Guardian 07 Jun 2016

Australia’s natural wonder is in mortal danger ... by Michael Slezak. The stench of death. It was the smell that really got to diver Richard Vevers ... As part of a project documenting the global bleaching event, he had surveyed Lizard Island, which sits about 90km north of Cooktown in far north Queensland, when it was in full glorious health; then just as it started bleaching this year; then finally a few weeks after the bleaching began ... ....

The facts on Great Barrier Reef coral mortality (GBRMPA - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016

(Source. GBRMPA - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority) ... The vast majority of the impact is in the northern third of the Reef, from Port Douglas to Cape York, with the central and southern regions escaping significant mortality ... 50 per cent in the Far Northern Management Area (from the tip of Cape York to just north of Lizard Island) 16 per cent in the Cairns-Cooktown Management Area (Lizard Island to Tully). (Note ... (noodl. 33929456) ....

Third of Central, Northern Great Barrier Reef Corals Dead

Edit Slashdot 31 May 2016

iONiUM quotes a report from The Sydney Morning Herald ... Corals to the north of Cairns -- covering about two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef -- were found to have an average mortality rate of 35 percent, rising to more than half in areas around Cooktown ... ....

Record warm ocean temperatures killed large parts of the northern and central Great Barrier Reef

Edit Mashable 31 May 2016

In March, coral reef scientists first raised the alarm about the third-ever global coral bleaching event reaching the iconic Great Barrier Reef in Australia ... The Great Barrier Reef is listed as a World Heritage Site and is a major tourist draw to Australia ... SEE ALSO ... The scientists found that the hardest-hit reefs are located from Cairns to north of Cooktown ... The reefs surveyed from Cairns southward were in far better shape, Hughes said....

Fatal crocodile attack on woman in Queensland revives calls to allow hunt

Edit The Guardian 31 May 2016

Shooting safaris should be allowed to control the reptiles’ numbers, which had ‘exploded’, says MP Bob Katter, criticising rival Warren Entsch for saying ‘You can’t legislate against human stupidity’. @jrojourno ... Related. Bob Katter calls for crocodile shooting safaris after suspected fatal attack ... Arthur Booker, a Vietnam veteran, 62, was taken five months earlier while checking crab pots on the Endeavour river near Cooktown ... ....

'Huge wake up call': Third of central, northern Great Barrier Reef corals dead

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 30 May 2016

More than one-third of the coral reefs of the central and northern regions of the Great Barrier Reef have died in the huge bleaching event earlier this year, Queensland researchers said. Corals to the north of Cairns – covering about two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef – were found to have an average mortality rate of 35 per cent, rising to more than half in areas around Cooktown ... Advertisement ... ... ... ....

35 percent of corals have died in parts of Great Barrier Reef, scientists say

Edit The Times Picayune 29 May 2016

We knew this was coming ... Bleaching, though, isn't the same as coral death ... Now some of the first figures are coming in confirming that ... "It basically ranges from zero to 100 ... The news comes just days after the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, an Australian government agency, similarly noted that "In the far north, above Cooktown, substantial coral mortality has been observed at most surveyed inshore and mid-shelf reefs." ... ....

Indigenous rangers commitment good news for environment and employment (WWF-Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016

(Source. WWF-Australia). Posted on 27 May 2016 WWF-Australia today welcomed an election commitment from the ALP to double the number of Indigenous rangers ... 'A doubling of Indigenous rangers would be a real shot in the arm both for the environment and the wellbeing of traditional owner communities,' he said ... 'There are very few Australian Government-funded Indigenous Rangers between Cooktown and Bundaberg ... 'You see a big change in people....

North Queensland towns cop 24 hour deluge

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 24 May 2016

Parts of far north Queensland received more rain in 24-hours than Brisbane has received all year over the weekend. Areas like Cooktown and Weipa smashed their May rainfall records but it was Hopevale that was hit with the biggest deluge with 322 millimetres falling in 24 hours. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Rick Threlfall said it was an unusual rain event for the north, but it was short-lived ... Advertisement ... ... Stay informed....

Far north Queensland sees record-breaking May rain, flood warnings

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 22 May 2016

Far north Queensland is being drenched with torrential rain, smashing the record for the wettest May day in Cooktown and Weipa, and delivering the wettest May day in Cairns in 96 years ... ....

Cape York Ghost Bat joins threatened list as government considers new mine (ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 15 May 2016

(Source. ACF - Australian Conservation Foundation) ... All three bat species are found within the limestone karst formations currently proposed for mining near Cooktown on Cape York Peninsula ... 'The Queensland and Federal governments need to step up and protect the Ghost Bat by ruling out mining at the Melody Rocks site near Cooktown ... Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 15 May 2016 22.02.03 UTC ... (noodl. 33568075) ....

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