Great Barrier Reef

Australia is dealing with the “most severe bleaching event ever recorded” on its western reefs

November 12, 2017 -

Posted by Janine Acero

(Natural News) The massive coral bleaching in the coast of Western Australia in 2016 is the most severe bleaching event in recorded history, a recent study reports. Researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA), ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and Western Australian Marine Science Institution studied and measured how the harrowing event impacted the […]

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Our oceans are so polluted that the coral are now eating plastic, new study finds

October 29, 2017 -

Posted by Janine Acero

(Natural News) Scientists believe corals have developed a taste for plastic adrift the oceans, which means corals are ingesting the chemical additives within these plastics, as reported in a Daily Mail article. The researchers at Duke University discovered the concerning situation after the corals in their experiments ate all types of plastics, “but preferred unfouled microplastics by […]

in: Environment, Oceans & marine life, Toxic chemicals

Great Barrier Reef being destroyed by CHEMICALS, not global warming: Scientists pinpoint the synthetic toxins responsible

June 8, 2017 -

Posted by Amy Goodrich

(Natural News) With so much attention being given to global warming these days it easy to blame our changing climate for everything that is going wrong in this world. However, new research by scientists from the University of Queensland revealed that man-made substances and chemicals, not global warming, are the cause of mass contamination of […]

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