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The Great Barrier Reef on Life Support

Robert Hunziker — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 23:48:54 +0000

Recent news of another (the 6th) bleaching event at the Great Barrier Reef is but one more example in a long list of recent climate-related events that depict a scenario that can only be described as triple-alarm climate emergencies, as ecosystems breakdown across the world.

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Expert IPCC Reviewer Speaks Out – Says Going Vegan is the #1 Remedy

Robert Hunziker — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 21:28:15 +0000

According to Dr. Carter, we're facing "the most rapid extinction Earth has ever experienced.” But there are solutions: “The most effective, definitively effective, immediately effective, readily doable action that everybody in the world can do is Go Vegan. In theory, we can all do that. If we do that, emissions drop immediately.”

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Abrupt Ecosystem Collapse

Robert Hunziker — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:14:22 +0000

Abrupt ecosystem collapse is similar to coronavirus in some aspects but dreadfully different and much more sinister in many others.

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The Coming Ecosystem Collapse Is Already Here for Coral

The CNCL Team — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:03:43 +0000

The Great Barrier Reef is in the midst of its third mass-bleaching event in the last five years. This year’s heat-induced bleaching—which occurs during the region’s summer season—is more severe than the previous two, with 25 percent of the reefs experiencing widespread bleaching.

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Great Barrier Reef Suffers Third Mass Coral Bleaching Event in Five Years

The CNCL Team — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:07:36 +0000

Renowned scientist Terry Hughes says huge swathes of reef have been affected in a ‘severe’ situation

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Double Heatwave Killed Two-Thirds of Coral in Central Indian Ocean

The CNCL Team — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 23:49:24 +0000

Back-to-back heatwaves in the central Indian Ocean killed more than two-thirds of corals in two years. But some corals were more resilient to the high sea temperatures, which could provide hope for the important habitat as the planet warms.

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