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• Devastation of world's coral reefs could cost $1tn – video

  11-04-2017 22:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Australia’s Climate Council is calling for further action to protect the world’s coral reefs. It has released a report putting the value of the marine environments at an astounding $1tn based on the estimated 500 million people they support in 50 countries. Damage to coral caused by warming oceans threatens tourism and other industries • Loss of coral reefs caused by rising sea temperatures could cost $1tn globallyContinue reading...
  
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• Loss of coral reefs caused by rising sea temperatures could cost $1tn globally

  11-04-2017 22:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Loss of Great Barrier Reef alone could cost north Queensland 1m visitors a year, imperilling 10,000 jobs and draining $1bn from economyThe loss of coral reefs caused by rising sea temperatures could cost $1 trillion globally, a report from Australia’s Climate Council has projected, with the loss of Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef alone costing that region 1m visitors a year, imperilling 10,000 jobs and draining $1bn from the economy.The longest global coral bleaching event on record,
  
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• Volcanic eruption captured by drones in Guatemala

  11-04-2017 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Violent volcanic eruptions in Guatemala are captured by drones for the first time.
  
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• Should we mine on the ocean floor?

  11-04-2017 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British scientists have announced what they are calling an "astonishing" discovery deep in the Atlantic Ocean.
  
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• How O2's smartphone recycling drive is strengthening its consumer relations

  11-04-2017 18:06
  
  EXCLUSIVE: In a sector dominated by a frequent upgrades business model, mobile operator O2 has tweaked its services to place second-hand devices back into the market and has called on other manufacturers to collaborate to tackle e-waste.
  
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• Toshiba warns over its survival as it forecasts £7bn losses

  11-04-2017 17:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Crisis creates concern about future of UK’s Moorside nuclear plant, in which subsidiary Westinghouse is a key playerToshiba, one of the biggest names in consumer electronics, has warned it is facing annual losses of more than £7bn and the future of the company is in doubt as a result of financial turmoil at its nuclear power plant construction business.
  The Japanese company finally released third quarter results, after twice delaying publication while auditors attempted to quantify t
  
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• Is Komodo dragon blood the key to new antibiotics?

  11-04-2017 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists find a compound based on a molecule in dragon blood helps heal infected wounds in mice.
  
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• National Grid encourages large businesses to boost power demand this summer

  11-04-2017 15:32
  
  Energy-intensive businesses are being urged to voluntarily shift their energy usage in exchange for a payment in the coming months, as the National Grid anticipates a summer of low peak demands on the system.
  
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• Scientists to use 'car wash drill' on Khumbu glacier

  11-04-2017 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Climate change scientists aim to become the first team to drill into the world's highest glacier.
  
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• Greg Clark announces £109m fund into 'cutting-edge' transport research

  11-04-2017 15:09
  
  Business Secretary Greg Clark has awarded more than £109m of government funding to develop driverless and low-carbon vehicles.
  
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• edie Live Exhibitor Spotlight: Chauvin Arnoux

  11-04-2017 14:52
  
  Ahead of edie Live at the NEC on 23-24 May we get up close and personal with some of our exhibitors to find out what visitors can expect to see at the show, what's new and how they can help in the drive towards sustainability targets.
  
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• Premier Inn pledges to deliver three million sustainable fish and chip meals

  11-04-2017 13:04
  
  Premier Inn has become the world's largest Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified national hotel chain, meaning an extra three million sustainable portions of fish and chips will be served across the UK each year.
  
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• Premier Inn nets fishing pledge to deliver three million sustainable fish and chip meals

  11-04-2017 13:04
  
  Premier Inn has become the world's largest Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified national hotel chain, meaning an extra three million sustainable portions of fish and chips will be served across the UK each year.
  
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• Aleutian Dreams: life as an Alaskan fisherman – in pictures

  11-04-2017 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Corey Arnold is a fine art photographer and a commercial fisherman, working the stormy waters of the Bering Sea by Alaska. His latest work documents life in this remote wilderness, both at sea and on the shore, capturing trawlers, foxes, eagles and the grandeur of the scenery. Aleutian Dreams can be seen at Charles A Hartman Fine Art in Portland, Oregon, until 27 May Continue reading...
  
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• Christiana Figueres: Peak emissions by 2020 'crazy but achievable'

  11-04-2017 12:57
  
  Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres remains "stubbornly optimistic" that market trends are already in place to hit ambitious three-year targets as part of her Mission 2020 campaign, but only if the "climate conversation" is extended to a wider range of stakeholders and investors.
  
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• Runoff pollution from Cyclone Debbie flooding sweeps into Great Barrier Reef

  11-04-2017 11:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Damage comes after many coral reefs in Whitsundays were pummelled and broken by storm
  Scientists have raised concerns about another sting in the tail from Cyclone Debbie, with fresh runoff pollution from torrential rains sweeping into Great Barrier Reef waters where many corals lie smashed.The cyclone dumped much of its deluge on a stretch of the north Queensland coast known as an “erosion hotspot” that generates almost a third of all sediment flowing into the reef. Continue reading.
  
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• Run-off pollution from Cyclone Debbie flooding sweeps into Great Barrier Reef

  11-04-2017 11:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Damage comes after many coral reefs in Whitsundays were pummelled and broken by extreme weather event
  Scientists have raised concerns about another sting in the tail from Cyclone Debbie, with fresh run-off pollution from torrential rains sweeping into Great Barrier Reef waters where many corals lie smashed.The cyclone last month dumped much of its deluge on a stretch of the north Queensland coast known as an “erosion hot spot” that generates almost a third of all sediment flowing int
  
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• Malcolm Turnbull tells Indian billionaire native title will not stop Adani coalmine

  11-04-2017 11:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister also confirmed company would seek $1bn government loan to fund rail line for $16bn project, after meeting Gautam Adani in New DelhiMalcolm Turnbull has assured the Indian billionaire hoping to build Australia’s largest coal mine in Queensland, Gautam Adani, that native title issues will not stop the $16bn project.The prime minister, who is halfway through a four-day visit to India, also confirmed the Adani Group would seek a $1bn government loan to fund a rail line for the C
  
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• Coalition backbencher breaks ranks with colleagues over $1bn Adani rail loan

  11-04-2017 09:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Bert Van Manen opposes federal loan to Indian miner for Carmichael coalmine, saying government or rail company should build the link insteadA Coalition backbencher has broken ranks with senior colleagues by declaring Adani should not receive a $1bn federal loan to build a railway for its Carmichael coalmine.Bert Van Manen, MP for the south-east Queensland seat of Forde, said he supported opening up the Galilee coalfields but the government or a rail company should build and run the rail link to
  
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• Friends of the Earth launches air quality proposals ahead of impending Government plan

  11-04-2017 09:20
  
  The Government has today (11 April) been called upon to commit to clean air quality measures by climate change campaign group Friends of the Earth (FoE), as a new survey shows that almost half of UK citizens support restriction on polluting vehicles.
  
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• Fifty new species of spider discovered in far north Australia

  11-04-2017 09:16 via theguardian.com
  
  New arachnids found in Queensland include brush-footed trap-door spider, which looks like a funnel web and can walk up glass doorsMore than 50 new species of spider, including a peacock spider with a “wonderful courtship behaviour, like dancing”, have been discovered in Queensland Australia’s Cape York region, during a 10-day trip by scientists from the Queensland Museum.The new arachnids, which are now being formally classified, include a brush-footed trap-door spider, a large
  
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• England nature plan 'lacking policies'

  11-04-2017 09:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 25-year government plan sets out a bold vision for nature in England, but campaigners say it lacks specific policies.
  
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• More than a quarter of UK birds face extinction risk or steep decline – study

  11-04-2017 07:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Red list entries swell to 67 species as conservationists call for urgent action to save birds of Britain including warblers, curlews and puffinsMore than a quarter of UK birds, including the puffin, nightingale and curlew, require urgent conservation efforts to ensure their survival, according to a new report on the state of the UK’s birds.Since the last review in 2009, an additional 15 species of bird have been placed on the “red list”, a category that indicates a species is i
  
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• Climate change scientists' bid to drill Everest glacier

  11-04-2017 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists will use a "car wash-adapted" drill in a world-first bid to cut through the world's highest glacier.
  
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• Sunshine releases all the sounds of spring

  11-04-2017 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Ebernoe Common, West Sussex Swedes call it ‘early cuckoo morning’ – the act of getting up just to enjoy the first birdsongThe sun is rising above the trees. I cross the meadow, passing gorse bushes bursting with yellow flowers, and enter the wood by the small gate. I walk up the narrow, winding footpath, and a couple of woodcock fly up from the ground, scattering the leaves where they were hiding. The two striped brown birds dart away through the trees in their panic, as if the
  
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• Ocean tech: Robot sea snakes and shoal-swimming subs

  11-04-2017 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A robot sea snake that could one day "explore the Titanic" makes its debut at an ocean expo.
  
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