Great Barrier Reef dredging approved
The government agency that oversees Australia's Great Barrier Reef has approved a plan to dump vast swathes of sediment on the reef as part of a major coal port expansion - a decision that environmentalists say will endanger one of the world's most fragile ecosystems. Ref. Source 9
The Obama drama Down Under
JULIE Bishop has confirmed the government was displeased with US President Barack Obama during his Australian visit. So what did he do? [..] "I think that President Obama might have overlooked that aspect of our commitment to conserving the Great Barrier Reef." Ref. Source 7
Australian scientists discover 500-meter-tall coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef. Scientists have discovered a massive detached coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef, measuring more than 500 meters high -- taller than the Empire State Building, the Sydney Tower and the Petronas Twin Towers. Source 5j.