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Wipe out kelp forest WA + GSR(Great Southern Reef)

(Kelp forest before (left) and after (right) the marine heatwave) …per report in journal Science, 5 years on from heatwave, these kelp forests show no signs of recovery. . ..Instead, fish, seaweed and invertebrate communities from these formerly temperate kelp forests are … Continue reading

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CO2 sinks Oceans/Land

Pics here illustrate importance of oceans v land for CO2 absorption. Area wise, oceans are 72% of planet surface but 93% of long term CO2 absorption.     Plankton make microscopic particles of DMS, triggering moisture to pop up from ocean … Continue reading

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With May Record, Global Temps in ‘New Neighborhood’

Let the pics speak for themselves. Any chance they’re loud enough fro Minister Hunt to understand, maybe even do something? >more>ClimateCentral

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Restore CSIRO Scientist John Church to his valuable role at work.

John Church, (CSIRO) has been working on Sea level change research (world wide). He has been made redundant yet his work is vital in Australia’s contribution to climate change with data from the Southern Hemisphere. His work would enable Informed … Continue reading

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‘99% Chance – 2016 Will Be Hottest Year

Odds are increasing that 2016 will be the hottest year on the books, as April continued a remarkable streak of record-warm months. How global temperatures have differed from average so far this year. Click image to enlarge.  Credit: NOAA – announced … Continue reading

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Climate change believers can still be climate change deniers, says author

She says bleaching of up to 95 % of Great Barrier Reef, the worst ever recorded coral bleaching event, should be a Hurricane Katrina-like “wakeup call”. From Cairns to Torres Strait, once colourful ribbons of reef are ghostly white. It’s the third mass … Continue reading

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Shale gas, new map big fossil fuel frontier, from Lock the Gate reveals

New national mapping of mining tenements across Australia released today reveals that 37.3 per cent of the Australian continent is covered by coal and gas titles and applications. The interactive map, produced for the anti-coal and gas group, Lock the … Continue reading

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So fast/close 1.5degC already while politicians AWOL kissing babies

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Alert or alarmed? – We Just Crushed Global Record For Hottest Start Of Any Year

Last month was the hottest February on record by far. It followed the hottest January on record by far, which followed the hottest December by far, which followed the hottest November on record by far, which followed the hottest October … Continue reading

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Coral bleaching Christmas Atoll

Over the past two weeks, a team of researchers led by Julia Baum, a biologist at the University of Victoria and Kim Cobb, a climate scientist at Georgia Tech, has been stationed at Kiritimati, and via hundreds of dives they … Continue reading

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