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Interest in 'best job in the world' on Great Barrier Reef crashes... - Jan 13, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukIt has been billed as the best job in the world, but applying for the newly-created role of "caretaker" of Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef is no ... Ocean acidification, global warming, and the Great Barrier Reef - Jan 1, 2009 Christian Science MonitorThe decline in the rate of reef-building along the Great Barrier Reef is severe, sudden, and unprecedented in at least 400 years. Ocean acidification is a ... Coral bleaching is worse than ever in the Great Barrier Reef - Jan 27, 2005 The GuardianRecord high temperatures have caused unprecedented bleaching of the world's largest coral reef system and led to a stark warning from an international group ... Great Barrier Reef divers found - May 24, 2008 BBC NewsTwo scuba divers have been found alive after spending a night missing on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Briton Richard Neely, 38, and 40-year-old American ... Great Barrier Reef doomed - Dec 14, 2007 Herald SunTHE Great Barrier Reef and other coral reefs will be annihilated by global warming, even if the world's governments slash greenhouse gas emissions, ... Fears for Great Barrier Reef - Jan 30, 2007 NEWS.com.auTHE Great Barrier Reef will become functionally extinct in less than 20 years if global warming continues at its current pace, a draft international report ... … Charged With Murdering Wife While Diving at Great Barrier Reef - Jun 20, 2008 FOXNewsSYDNEY, Australia — An American tourist was charged with murder in Australia on Friday for allegedly drowning his wife during a honeymoon dive on the Greet ... Great Barrier Reef facing 'serious threats': report - Sep 2, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldCatastrophic damage to the Great Barrier Reef, the world's most extensive coral reef system, may be unavoidable if global warming continues unchecked, ... Mystery of Great Barrier Reef yacht abandoned by its crew - Apr 21, 2007 IndependentBy Kathy Marks in Sydney. The sails were up, the table was laid, the engine was running and a laptop was on. But there was no one aboard the 36ft yacht ... Scientists hold grave fears for Great Barrier Reef - Jan 31, 2006 ABC Online - ABC OnlineCoral reef specialists, just back from diving around the Keppel Islands, are comparing the severity of the damage to the worst case ever recorded in 2002. ... Seaweed chokes Australia's Great Barrier Reef - Jan 6, 2010 Yahoo! NewsAFP/HO/Barrier Reef Marine Park/File – Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority issued photo shows a bleached section of coral. The natural … ... Great Barrier Reef: scientists make sensational find as they discover... - Sep 19, 2008 Bild.deMore than 100 previously unknown species have been discovered by scientists on a coral reef off the Pacific coast of Australia. ... Great Barrier Reef 'extinct' without action in 10 years - Nov 17, 2009 Herald SunAUSTRALIA'S Great Barrier Reef has only a 50 percent chance of survival if global CO2 emissions are not reduced at least 25 per cent by 2020, a coalition of ... Batfish may come to Great Barrier Reef's rescue - Dec 18, 2006 New ScientistThe group simulated the overfishing that affects large areas of the Great Barrier Reef by placing cubic cages - 5 metres to a side - on the reef to prevent ... Great Barrier Reef death: scuba diver admits letting wife drown - Jun 5, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldDied at sea ... Tina Watson (on the right of the top image) is seen lying on the sea floor as an instructor goes to her rescue obscured by an unidentified ... Great Barrier Reef 'will be bleached-out wasteland in 25 years' - Jan 31, 2007 Telegraph.co.ukBy Nick Squires in Sydney. Global warming could turn Australia's Great Barrier Reef into a wasteland of bleached coral in 25 years, says a scientific report ... Great Barrier Reef damaged - Aug 17, 2005 CBC.caScientists said today that a cyclone that struck northeastern Australia in March damaged 10 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef. ... New Species Found at Great Barrier Reef - Jan 23, 2010 National GeographicMay 21, 2009—In and around Australia's Great Barrier Reef, researchers with the Census of Marine Life have discovered hundreds of new species. ... Australian Climate Insanity A Sun Umbrella for the Great Barrier Reef - Nov 7, 2006 Spiegel OnlineBy Franziska Badenschier and Stefan Schmitt. The Great Barrier Reef is fading to white. Increasing water temperatures may spell doom for the region's ... Starving fish killing Great Barrier Reef - Jun 23, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldStarving fish are killing sections of the Great Barrier Reef already weakened by climate change, an Australian scientist says. ... Great Barrier Reef wonder dying - Apr 6, 2007 NEWS.com.auTHE Great Barrier Reef has been named one of 10 natural wonders of the world most at risk, alongside the Amazon and the Himalayan glaciers. ... Great Barrier Reef sharks on the edge - Dec 5, 2006 New ScientistSharks living around the coral reefs of Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) face imminent "ecological" extinction unless urgent action is taken to protect ... Recognising the other great barrier reef - Jan 8, 2010 Sydney Morning HeraldIN A week when parts of the Southern Ocean have resembled the Battle of Trafalgar, it is consoling to realise that not all our offshore regions are churning ... Global Warming Is Threat to Great Barrier Reef, Amazon Rain Forests, ... - Apr 6, 2007 FOXNewsBRUSSELS, Belgium — An environmental group said Thursday some of the world's greatest natural treasures are threatened with destruction because of global ... Great Barrier Reef will die by carbon, scientists say - Dec 15, 2008 NEWS.com.auAUSTRALIA'S unambitious carbon reduction target has condemned the Great Barrier Reef to death, environmentalists and scientists have warned. ... Two American divers lost on Great Barrier Reef found safe - Feb 6, 2009 NEWS.com.auTWO Americans who spent seven hours lost at sea in shark-infested waters on the Great Barrier Reef are in "good spirits" and likely to rejoin a dive ... … : Infinite variety.(Infinite variety)(Great Barrier Reef) | Article... - May 7, 2005 Pay-Per-View - The Economist - HighBeam ResearchInfinite variety)(Great Barrier Reef) ... find The Economist (US) articles. A beautiful empty country full of tourist attractions TWENTY metres below the ... River run-off threatens Great Barrier Reef - Feb 21, 2007 Reuters UKBy Suheil Damouny. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Satellite images of Australia's Great Barrier Reef show that sediment from river run-off is threatening the reef at a ... Warmer water devastates Great Barrier Reef's seabirds - Oct 14, 2008 NEWS.com.au - news.com.auThe report, Seabirds and Shorebirds in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area in a Changing Climate, says the reef is home to between 1.3 and 1.7million ... Great Barrier Reef on the danger list - Sep 23, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldWORLD Heritage sites such as the Great Barrier Reef or Kathmandu, in Nepal, could be taken off the tourism map by 2020 due to the effects of climate change ... PHOTOS: Strange New Species Found on Great Barrier Reef - Jan 20, 2010 National GeographicNeil Bruce of the Museum of Tropical Queensland in Australia inspects a sampling aquarium at Lizard Island and its haul of coral-dwelling animals collected ... 14 % drop in coral growth seen in the Great Barrier Reef - Jan 8, 2009 HinduThe effects of global warming have shown up in a definite way in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. A paper in the latest issue of the Science journal ... Great Barrier Reef may be 'hosed down' - Nov 2, 2006 NEWS.com.auBy Roberta Mancuso. SCIENTISTS are considering a plan to make the water of the Great Barrier Reef cooler for corals vulnerable to the damage from climate ... Husband admits killing wife in scuba death on Great Barrier Reef - Jan 22, 2010 The GuardianNovice diver Christina Watson lying motionless on the sea floor in rear at right as an unidentified diver poses for the photo, while a dive leader, left, ... Great Barrier Reef may get more protection - Oct 24, 2008 UPI.comBRISBANE, Australia, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The Australian state of Queensland may regulate agricultural runoff to protect the Great Barrier Reef, ... How the Great Barrier Reef was tamed at last - Mar 13, 2005 Telegraph.co.ukKate Colquhoun reviews The Rattlesnake: a Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea by Jordan Goodman. The Great Barrier Reef – Captain Cook's "Labyrinth" ... Exploring the Great Barrier Reef - Jul 30, 2007 Telegraph.co.ukPlanning a trip to the Great Barrier Reef? Sasha Bates reveals how to make the most of a visit to one of the natural wonders of the world. ... Australia pledges millions for Great Barrier Reef - Jul 2, 2009 Economic TimesSYDNEY: Australia on Thursday pledged 52 million dollars ($42 million) to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef, which is coming under increasing ... Last best places: Great barrier reef - Nov 12, 2005 Minneapolis Star-Tribune - Minneapolis Star TribuneBy Chris Welsch, Star Tribune. The dive master said the sea floor was 3000 feet straight down. "You don't come back from that depth," he said, ... Great Barrier Reef needs urgent action, warns Anna Bligh - Oct 8, 2008 NEWS.com.auFARMERS could be forced to improve their production processes to save the Great Barrier Reef from destruction, the State Government warns. ... Rudd pledges $200m for Great Barrier Reef - Oct 29, 2007 NEWS.com.auA LABOR government would implement a $200 million environmental plan designed to protect the Great Barrier Reef, Kevin Rudd announced this morning. ... Great Barrier Reef 'already doomed' - Nov 6, 2006 NEWS.com.auAUSTRALIA'S Great Barrier Reef is probably already doomed by global warming, according to the man behind the controversial British report that has injected ... Tiny fish warn of grave risks to Great Barrier Reef - Aug 25, 2009 Times of IndiaSYDNEY: The tiniest fish on the Great Barrier Reef are warning of profound changes taking place in the reef's natural systems, thanks to human activity. ... Outlook "poor" for Great Barrier Reef: study - Jan 3, 2010 Canada.comBy Rob Taylor, ReutersSeptember 2, 2009. CANBERRA – Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest living organism, is under grave threat from climate ... … ; A TRAVELER'S GUIDE; The Great Barrier Reef.(TRAVEL)(LAST BEST … - Nov 13, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Star Tribune - HighBeam ResearchLAST BEST PLACES; A TRAVELER'S GUIDE; The Great Barrier Reef.(TRAVEL)(LAST BEST PLACES) ... find Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) articles. A wave of pollution spreads over Great Barrier Reef - Jan 22, 2009 NEWS.com.auThe plume seen off Cairns. Picture: CSIRO/EOS Nasa/Geoscience Australia/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Source: The Australian ... Damselfish DNA saves Great Barrier Reef in distress - Oct 1, 2008 Herald SunINSIGHTS into the DNA of tropical fish could provide a vital way of protecting the Great Barrier Reef from climate change. ... DAWN.COM | Sci-Tech | Great Barrier Reef to disappear without big … - Jan 25, 2010 DAWN.comTop Australian scientists say a 25 pc CO2 cut by 2020 is needed to save the dwindling reef from dying out altogher. —File photo ... Great Barrier Reef 'swamped by pollutants' - Aug 11, 2007 NEWS.com.auBy Brian Williams. CANCER-causing pollutants and insecticides are pouring out to the Great Barrier Reef from contaminated rivers, a major study has found. ... Crown-of-thorns starfish on wane at Great Barrier Reef - Jun 17, 2008 NEWS.com.auTHE potentially devastating crown-of-thorns starfish is in retreat on the Great Barrier Reef, with its numbers hitting a 20-year low, researchers say. ... Great barrier reef 'could die in 20 years' - Dec 2, 2005 Ireland OnlineIn less that 20 years, rising sea temperatures caused by global warming could kill Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest chain of living coral ... Steve Irwin's death could hit Great Barrier Reef tourism - Sep 23, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesSydney, Sept 23 -- The death of wildlife enthusiast Steve Irwin is expected to have far-reaching implications on the tourism and diving industry off ... Great Barrier Reef will be gone in 20 years, says Charlie Veron - Jul 7, 2009 Times OnlineThe Great Barrier Reef will be so degraded by warming waters that it will be unrecognisable within 20 years, an eminent marine scientist has said. ... … Ark: Life and Death on the Great Barrier Reef - Trailer - Cast -... - Jan 21, 2010 New York TimesSony Nature Video Library presents this video, Life and Death in the Great Barrier Reef. Viewers are invited to come along as the barrier reef is explored, ... Great Barrier Reef takes its place as a tourist drawcard - Nov 5, 2009 NEWS.com.auBy Brendan O'Malley. AFTER World War II was over - and rationing and shortages started to ease - the state government began thinking for the first time ... Great Barrier Reef disappearing act - Jun 1, 2008 NEWS.com.auQUEENSLAND authorities are investigating the disappearance of two divers on the Great Barrier Reef last week amid claims the couple staged the incident to ... Sex on the reef - Jan 21, 2006 Globe and MailGREAT BARRIER REEF, AUSTRALIA — From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006 1:00AM EST Last updated on Sunday, Apr. 05, ... Great Barrier Reef: The largest natural feature on earth. Photo:... - Jun 1, 2007 HinduIt is said that the Great Barrier Reef is the largest natural feature on earth and can be seen from outer space. Well, if it is that easy, then you should ... Icons under threat: Great Barrier Reef - Nov 17, 2005 The AgeIn hot water: Marine botanist Peter Ralph surveys the reef at Heron Island with a fluorometer, which measures stress in coral algae. ... Gordon Brown could create Britain's own Great Barrier Reef - Jan 27, 2010 Telegraph.co.ukBritain could have its own Great Barrier Reef if Gordon Brown gives the go-ahead to make a huge coral atoll in the Indian Ocean, owned by the UK, ... Great Barrier Reef honeymoon drowning: David Watson faces capital … - Sep 19, 2009 NEWS.com.au - news.com.auALABAMA'S Attorney-General will seek a capital murder charge against an American man who is imprisoned in Australia over the drowning death of his wife ... Policies are failing the Reef - Apr 11, 2007 NEWS.com.auTHE threat to the Great Barrier Reef is being sidelined by politics, but the time for Federal Government to make real changes is now. ... Nasa helps monitor Great Barrier Reef - Apr 6, 2006 New Zealand HeraldWASHINGTON - Nasa satellites that monitor ocean colour and temperature have joined a global effort to study the worrisome bleaching of coral in Australia's ... Great Barrier Reef doomed - and your power bills - Sep 6, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldPOWER prices would rise by 40 per cent and petrol by 5 cents a litre under a greenhouse plan recommended by the Rudd Government's top climate-change adviser ... Article: Waves of fortune; 19th-century exploration.(Book Review) -... - Mar 19, 2005 Pay-Per-View - The Economist - HighBeam ResearchThe Great Barrier Reef is also of cultural ... sites of Aboriginal or Torres Strait ... Measures in the Great Barrier Reef. The review was commissioned . ... PHOTOS: Strange New Species Found on Great Barrier Reef - Jan 14, 2010 National GeographicNot even this small, delicate seaweed species, Caulerpa cupressoides, escaped the notice of scientists cataloging coral reef inhabitants near Heron Island ... Great Barrier Reef honeymoon dive killer 'in US kill plot' - Jun 9, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldDied at sea ... Tina Watson (on the right of the top image) is seen lying on the sea floor as an instructor goes to her rescue obscured by an unidentified ... The Great Barrier reef and beyond - Mar 27, 2008 New York TimesBy Jonathan Glater. Every morning, starting around 7, small groups of sleepy tourists toting towels and oddly shaped nylon satchels appear on the beachfront ... Are the reefs dying? - May 13, 2007 HinduThe Great Barrier Reef, which stretches over 2300 km along the Queensland ... The Great Barrier Reef is dying. We need to pay immediate attention to it. ... It's the skate Barrier Reef.(News) | Article from The People (London,... - Sep 4, 2005 Pay-Per-View - The People - HighBeam ResearchHop off ... stepping stone to the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef, ... 2000 national parks and reserves, including the Great Barrier Reef - which is best ... … within minutes of the freak attack while filming on the Great... - Sep 5, 2006 Times OnlineFOOTAGE of the moment when Steve Irwin, the “Crocodile Hunterâ€?, was killed by a stingray on the Great Barrier Reef yesterday may never be broadcast. ... Report undercuts Kevin Rudd's Great Barrier Reef wipeout - Feb 3, 2010 The AustralianKEVIN Rudd's insistence that the Great Barrier Reef could be "destroyed beyond recognition" by global warming grates with new science suggesting it will ... Scientists to unlock Great Barrier Reef genome - Jul 30, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldAustralian scientists on Thursday announced a ground-breaking genome-mapping project that could help the Great Barrier Reef fight off the twin threats of ... Freighter freed after being stuck on Great Barrier Reef - Jul 10, 2009 NEWS.com.auTHIS is the first picture of the ship which ran aground on Inset Reef, 600km north of Cairns. The Sattha, now anchored at Horn Island and under ... Aus wins WWF's top accolade - Oct 24, 2005 News24..."The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's most treasured natural wonders, ... The Great Barrier Reef stretches over more than 345 000 square kilometres ... Fines for farmers under Great Barrier Reef health plan - Jun 4, 2009 NEWS.com.auBy Petrina Berry. FARMERS will face fines of up to $30000 from January if they don't reduce the impact of pesticides and fertilisers on the Great Barrier ... Oil Spill in Great Barrier Reef Port Worst in 30 Years - Jan 25, 2006 Environment News ServiceGLADSTONE, Queensland, Australia, January 25, 2006 (ENS) - More than 25 metric tons of heavy fuel oil spilled into waters on the edge of the Great Barrier ... Helicoter ride to Great Barrier Reef I Turtle spotting on Heron Island - May 30, 2009 Times OnlineIs trying to protect newly hatched green turtles from gaggles of predatory gulls interfering with nature? What if those turtles have already foolishly ... Briton lands Australia's 'Best Job in the World' - May 6, 2009 CTV.caWhile Canada's only finalist in the "Best Job in the World" competition failed to get the choice gig promoting the islands of Australia's Great Barrier Reef ... Rabbit fish key to saving Great Barrier Reef - Mar 18, 2008 NEWS.com.auBy Jessica Marszalek. A RAVENOUS weed-eating fish might be the key to saving large sections of the Great Barrier Reef from destruction, scientists say. ... PHOTOS: Strange New Species Found on Great Barrier Reef - Jan 18, 2010 National GeographicA species of sea slug, or nudibranch, makes an exotic addition to the coral reefs off Heron Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. ... Great Barrier Reef swamped by pollutants - Aug 10, 2007 NEWS.com.auCANCER-causing pollutants and insecticides are pouring out to the Great Barrier Reef from contaminated rivers, a major study has found. ... US giant buys slice of Great Barrier Reef - Aug 5, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldA US company behind tourism operations at iconic destinations including the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and the Yosemite National Park has bought into ... Dream job: Applications wanted for £75K post as Great Barrier Reef … - Jan 12, 2009 Scottish Daily RecordAPPLICATIONS have been invited for a job in paradise - caretaker of the Great Barrier Reef tropical islands. The £75000 six-month post involves exploring ... Great Barrier Reef fish fighting - Nov 3, 2009 NEWS.com.auBy Brian Williams. As coral cover is reduced through temperature-induced coral bleaching, baby damselfish are being pushed out of their coral homes by their ... The Great Barrier Reef: One minute wonder - Jul 13, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukAll you need to know about the world's most remarkable places in 60 seconds. This week: Australia's Great Barrier Reef. By Tim Jepson ... Great Barrier Reef, Australia - Jul 26, 2006 ForbesHayman Island Resort is located on a private island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, accessible via boat, seaplane or helicopter from nearby Hamilton ... Federal Green Paper 'too late' to save Great Barrier Reef - Jul 21, 2008 NEWS.com.auBy zClinton Porteous. THE Federal Government is being warned its Green Paper on emissions trading will not do enough to save the Great Barrier Reef from ... PHOTOS: Strange New Species Found on Great Barrier Reef - Jan 14, 2010 National GeographicA pair of fan worms wave their feathery feeding arms to filter tiny particles from the water in a picture released in September 2008. ... Tougher laws to protect Great Barrier Reef - Jun 4, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldThe Queensland Government has introduced tough measures to reduce run-off from farms into the Great Barrier Reef. Premier Anna Bligh says the amendments to ... Great Barrier Reef: where to stay - Oct 8, 2007 Telegraph.co.ukThe world's largest coral reef stretches over 1250 miles along the Queensland coast. However, even if you neither dive nor snorkel, the hundreds of islands ... … left? Sensational pictures of Australia's Great Barrier Reef bring... - Aug 9, 2009 Daily Mail...'The Great Barrier Reef will be over within 20 years or so.' And the marine expert is not alone in his gloomy predictions - nor the most extreme. ... Growth of corals in Great Barrier Reef 'slowing down' - Feb 25, 2009 HinduMelbourne (PTI): A new study of corals in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia has revealed that their growth is definitely slowing down — most likely due to ... … GUIDE; INTO THE BLUE; The Great Barrier Reef nutures a vibrant … - Nov 13, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Star Tribune - HighBeam ResearchDemocrats to justify claims on Great Barrier Reef (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ... Article: Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Names ... ... Outlook “poorâ€? for Great Barrier Reef: study - Sep 5, 2009 Tehran TimesCANBERRA (Reuters) -– Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest living organism, is under grave threat from climate warming and coastal ... Technicality threatens status of Great Barrier Reef - Jun 24, 2009 NEWS.com.auTHE Great Barrier Reef could miss out on being named one of the new Seven Wonders of Nature because of an administrative glitch. ... Humpback whales serenade mates on the Great Barrier Reef - Aug 15, 2008 NEWS.com.auBy Peter Michael. SCIENTISTS are hoping to uncover the equivalent of a humpback whale karaoke bar on the Great Barrier Reef while observing the creatures' ... The Great Barrier Reef is going, going, almost gone - Aug 5, 2009 NEWS.com.au..."WE are the luckiest people ever to be on the planet - those of us around right now," says Sylvia Earle, before glancing across a stretch of the Brisbane ... Great Barrier Reef will be severely bleached this summer - Dec 18, 2008 NEWS.com.auNORTHERN parts of the Great Barrier Reef are likely to suffer severe coral bleaching this summer, the conservation group WWF Australia warns. ... Great Barrier Reef Growth Slows Most in at Least Four Centuries - Jan 5, 2009 BloombergBy Alex Morales. Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Growth of coral along the 2000- kilometer (1200-mile) Great Barrier Reef is declining more than at any time in four ... Delaware North buys Australian resorts - 05 Aug 2009 Buffalo News...its hotel and resort operations to Australia with the purchase of six luxury properties scattered from the Great Barrier Reef to the northern Outback. 17 Australian World Heritage areas at risk - 05 Aug 2009 G-OnlineThe Great Barrier Reef has been identified as one of 17 iconic Australian sites vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Seventeen of Australia's iconic going, going, almost gone - 05 Aug 2009 Courier MailUnlike her many previous visits to Queensland, this time her trip didn't include a dive on the Great Barrier Reef though she vows to return to "do it Rockford diver: don't fear sharks - 05 Aug 2009 WREX-TVNow, he's got plenty of shark dives under his belt, including a few to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. So far, he's never been afraid. Yacht Transport Companies Merge - 05 Aug 2009 BoatTEST.comHave you ever wanted to spend three months cruising the Med, the Baltic, the Inside Passage to Alaska, or Australia's Great Barrier Reef, but didn't want to Josh Tock in Land Down Under - 05 Aug 2009 White Mountain IndependentThe next day they went to the Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven wonders of the world. While there the kids went snorkeling. Josh said the Great Barrier Caretaker visits Gladstone - 05 Aug 2009 Gladstone ObserverAS CARETAKER of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, Ben Southall gets to enjoy the beaches, reef and ocean across the state. Keeping a regular online Sand sculpture takes People's Choice award - 05 Aug 2009 Peninsula DailyPORT ANGELES -- Damon Farmer's "Australia's Great Barrier Reef," with turtles and coral rendered in sand, won the People's Choice award in the Arts in Trainingmodules.Travel offers incentive stay in Cook Islands - 05 Aug 2009 e-Travel Blackboard (press release) (press release)...training modules for tourism brands such as Air Vanuatu, Naigani Island Resort in Fiji, Marco Polo Hong Kong Hotel, and Hayman Great Barrier Reef. Triathlon qualifiers head to - 05 Aug 2009 Idyllwild Town CrierAustralia's Gold Coast is 80 kilometers from Brisbane, Queensland's capital city, and about 370 kilometers from the Great Barrier Reef, a destination Piche Australia's Uluru, Barrier Reef in running for seven wonders - Jul 22, 2009 AFPSYDNEY — Australia expressed pride Wednesday after the Great Barrier Reef and Uluru -- also known as Ayers Rock -- were shortlisted in a new contest to find Scientists to unlock Great Barrier Reef genome - Jul 30, 2009 AFPSYDNEY — Australian scientists on Thursday announced a ground-breaking genome-mapping project that could help the Great Barrier Reef fight off the twin Backgrounder: Cairns, capital of Australia's Tropics - Aug 3, 2009 XinhuaNowhere else on earth do two World Heritage listed sites sit side by side, The Great Barrier Reef and Australia's Tropical Rainforests. Sydney Opera House Under Threat From Climate Change - Aug 2, 2009 Bloomberg3 (Bloomberg) -- Climate change threatens World Heritage sites in Australia including the Sydney Opera House and Great Barrier Reef, a report said today as Downpour takes toll on coral - Aug 4, 2009 ABC OnlineMarine researchers have found this year's record summer rain has caused significant damage to coral on the Great Barrier Reef. US giant buys slice of Great Barrier Reef - Aug 4, 2009 WA today...at iconic destinations including the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and the Yosemite National Park has bought into Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. Smithsburg teen's Down Under adventure - Aug 4, 2009 The Herald-MailThe first thing Nathan did upon arrival was head to the Great Barrier Reef, where he went snorkeling and even had the opportunity to sea walk on a platform Great Barrier Reef inspires designs - Jul 20, 2009 Danbury News TimesA former journalist, Seaman said she got the idea for her clothing line after snorkeling along the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in the 1990s. Great Barrier Reef among finalists for New 7 Wonders of Nature listing - Jul 25, 2009 Power Boat - WorldAIMS welcomes the announcement made in Zurich that the Great Barrier Reef is among the finalists for the title of 'New 7 Wonders of Nature'. Climate Change and the Scary Jellyfish Scourge - Aug 3, 2009 Washington PostFor example, when snorkeling at The Great Barrier Reef in northern Australia last winter (summer in the S. Hemisphere) I had to wear a full body protective The Great Barrier Reef Could be the First World Ecosystem to Disappear - Jul 20, 2009 EcoWorldlyThe Great Barrier Reef will be over within 20 years or so.â€?, Charlie Veron, former chief scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, The Great Barrier Reef: One minute wonder - Jul 13, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukThis week: Australia's Great Barrier Reef. By Tim Jepson In the Coral Sea, off the Queensland coast in northeast Australia, and reaching north almost to How Stuff Works: How sharks are going extinct - Jul 30, 2009 eTaiwan NewsThere is growing evidence that the Great Barrier Reef will be gone in 20 years because of ocean warming. According to one scientist there is nothing we can Reef vies for wonders of the world honour - Jul 22, 2009 ABC OnlineDive Queensland predicts the Great Barrier Reef will end up in the top five of the seven wonders of the world. The reef has joined 28 finalists being Scientists discover deepest coral reefs off Britain - Aug 3, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukBy sending hi-tech cameras thousands of feet under the water scientists were able to study coral similar to those that built Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Anchor Your Networking Group with Strong Relationships - Aug 3, 2009 EntrepreneurThis summer, our family took a multi-day, small ship tour of the Great Barrier Reef. The first night we noticed that the anchor being used to secure our Sea scene should be kept with collection - Aug 2, 2009 Bundaberg NewsMailRepresenting the Great Barrier Reef, Mr Clarke has carved fish and corals he hopes will make it into his existing collection, kept by Bundaberg Regional Heron Island: gem of reef - Jul 27, 2009 Otago Daily TimesWhen the tide is out you can also walk on the Great Barrier Reef. Photo courtesy of Voyages Hotels & Resorts. It's a sunny white-sand-beach dot surrounded How to Blow the Best Job in the World - Jul 30, 2009 Ethiopian ReviewThe 34-year-old Brit, with an ego as big as the Great Barrier Reef he was "hired" to write about after winning a contest for the job, has only posted to his Under the Sea 3D - Jul 17, 2009 Seattle TimesShot at great depths in exotic and isolated undersea locations including Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, "Under the Sea" Aussie 'Net filtering trial deemed a success despite problems - Jul 27, 2009 Ars TechnicaAustralia's government first announced its intention to add a Great Barrier Reef of sorts around the nation's virtual shores nearly two years ago, British winner of Best Job in the World 'not blogging enough' - Jul 23, 2009 Telegraph.co.uk...winner of the Best Job in the World competition, has been criticised in Australia for not blogging enough during his stay on the Great Barrier Reef. Top 10 floating hotels - Jul 27, 2009 Calgary HeraldDespite initial protests, a project called ReefWorld has been given the go-ahead by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The brainchild of British Milford Sound waits for road re-opening - Aug 4, 2009 TVNZ...it alongside the likes of the Grand Canyon in the United States, Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Amazon Rain Forest and Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro. Australian scientists launch study to map coral genome - Aug 3, 2009 domain-BAustralian scientists on Thursday announced a ground-breaking genome-mapping project that that could help the Great Barrier Reef counter the twin threats of Fern faces tough choice - Aug 3, 2009 Where I Live - News Community MediaRight now, Fern is hard at work four days a week in preparation for the 2009 Great Barrier Reef Highland Dancing Championships, to be held in Townsville on Damn, it's easy being green when someone else pays bill - Aug 4, 2009 Melbourne Herald Sun...the Sunday Age: "The Federal Government has warned that Australian icons such as the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park, the Tasmanian wilderness, Nemo and pals take the fish highway south - Jul 11, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldBeginning life as a larva spawned on the Great Barrier Reef, species such as butterfly fish and moorish idols are swept thousands of kilometres south along 7000-year old corals of Moreton Bay tell their story - Aug 4, 2009 UQ NewsProfessor Garry Russ from James Cook University and CoECRS will review the reasons we have a Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, its success and, more recently, Public opinion turning against global warming almost as quickly as ... - Jul 29, 2009 Examiner.comThe Great Barrier Reef is as healthy as ever. And that's just the news of the past week. Here's a test: Name just three clear signs the planet is warming. An Aussie Adventure! - Jul 28, 2009 Edmond Life and LeisureSnorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, hiking in the rain forest, sailing the Whitsunday Islands, and sight-seeing in Sydney is about as far Pam Ferris's heaven on earth - Jul 24, 2009 Telegraph.co.ukPam Ferris loves Hayman Island, on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, where she could opt for barbecues and parties or sunsets and wildlife. Council reef guardians unite - Jul 17, 2009 Mackay Daily MercuryThe Reef Guardian program, which is an initiative of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), recognises and supports local councils and their Protecting the reef - Jul 15, 2009 Whitsunday TimesWHITSUNDAY Regional Council has joined forces with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority to help protect the Great Barrier Reef. Dry land of the Dead - Aug 3, 2009 Globe and MailUp against the likes of the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and the Great Barrier Reef, people around here have high hopes that this salty inland lake, MP supports Torres Strait independence - Aug 4, 2009 NEWS.com.auBetween the Great Barrier Reef marine park authority, the fish management authority and AQIS they have been deprived of the right to stay alive," Mr Katter Top island rainforest walk - Jul 29, 2009 The Cairns PostIT'S best known for snorkelling and diving the Great Barrier Reef, but Green Island is also home to one of the best bushwalks in Queensland. Michelin-fed eco-gastronauts dig in for the global environment - Jul 14, 2009 The AustralianSouth African, Singaporean, Australian, plus a Korean celebrity and his film crew - gathered for lunch on a remote sandbank on the Great Barrier Reef. Rudd addresses climate change - Jul 23, 2009 Mackay Daily MercuryInstead, Mr Rudd wanted to talk about climate change and the Great Barrier Reef in his speech at the dinner to mark the opening of the Mackay Water Far north trawl industry 'forced out' - Jul 13, 2009 ABC OnlineThe prawn trawling industry says low prices and a push by green groups to protect the Great Barrier Reef are responsible for a mass [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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