Climate change
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Scientists say two consecutive bleaching events will have a devastating effect, and the reef faces other threats as well
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Heatwaves could be deadly for many Australian apartment dwellers if the grid fails, so architects are coming up with ways to manage temperatures passively
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The big lie propagated by government and big business is that it is possible to turn things around for the reef without tackling global warming
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Aerial surveys conducted in late 2016 and early 2017 show the reef has suffered severe coral bleaching for the second year in a row
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Governor announces end to the historic drought, yet water conservation is far from finished as state tries to build climate change resilience
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It’s either Adani or the Great Barrier Reef. Are we willing to fight for a wonder of the world?
Jeff SparrowClimate change has essentially become a class struggle. That’s why it now seems depressingly likely we’ll see the reef slowly dying before our eyes
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Former Barrier Reef authority director Jon Day says the idea such an approach would save the reef from bleaching is ‘ridiculous’
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About 450 icebergs – up from 37 a week earlier – have drifted into waters where Titanic sank, forcing vessels to divert and raising global warming fears
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On a journey through northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Warren Murray meets locals contending with the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie
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John Hewson and Simon Holmes à Court join Australia Institute’s call for changes to lower prices and emissions and improve security
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US defence expert warns people fleeing low-lying Pacific islands a precursor to ‘climate-exacerbated water insecurities’ that could trigger wider conflict
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A bonfire of public protections is being lit in Britain and in the United States – and the beneficiaries of it will be the very rich
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European Environment Agency reports solar and and wind is reducing fossil fuel dependency but clean energy capacity still not growing fast enough
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In this time of reckless US action, it’s crucial to shift the narrative beyond despair over fossil fuels and look at water as a primary tool of climate control
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Australian Medical Association accused of supporting politics over science after Dr Michael Gannon said impact of job losses may outweigh health benefits
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Grogonomics Flogging the dead horse of neoliberalism isn't going to improve the economy
Greg JerichoACTU secretary Sally McManus was lambasted by the right for saying neoliberalism is dead, but she was just stating the obvious
No, the Great Barrier Reef is not dead in the water. Not yet