Monday, February 21, 2011

Australia’s Floods Endanger An Already Stressed Great Barrier Reef


Photo by eutrophication&hypoxia via Flickr Creative Commons We've been hearing about the intense flooding in Australia for weeks now , but a lesser known side effect is the impact those floods are having on the Great Barrier Reef. Adding to the stresses already faced by the coral reef are both the cyclone itself and all of the pollutants washed from shore....

Photo by eutrophication&hypoxia via Flickr Creative Commons We’ve been hearing about the intense flooding in Australia for weeks now , but a lesser known side effect is the impact those floods are having on the Great Barrier Reef. Adding to the stresses already faced by the coral reef are both the cyclone itself and all of the pollutants washed from shore….


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Australia’s Floods Endanger An Already Stressed Great Barrier Reef


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