AUSTRALIA: ENVIRONMENTALISTS BLAME GLOBAL WARMING FOR THE DECLINE OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

Record ID: 989302

  • Title: AUSTRALIA: ENVIRONMENTALISTS BLAME GLOBAL WARMING FOR THE DECLINE OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
  • Date: 3rd May 1998
  • Summary: OFF HERON ISLAND, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA (RECENT- APRIL 1998) (HANDOUT/ SEVEN NET - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA) 1. UNDERWATER TRACKING GREAT BARRIER REEF 0.05 2. CU /SCU UNDERWATER TRACKING BLEACHED CORAL REEF (2 SHOTS) 0.18 3. SLV/MV/SCU DOCTOR PETER HARRISON OF SOUTH CROSS UNIVERSITY, LOOKING AT THE REEF NEAR HERON ISLAND (3 SHOTS) 0.36 4. SCU HARRISON SAYING "THE BLEACHING EPISODE ON HERON ISLAND SEEMS TO BE PRIMARILY RELATED TO INCREASED TEMPERATURE. WE SAW SOME DIVERS LOGS OUT IN THE REEF OUT HERE AND WE HAVE EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN SUMMER, UP TO THIRTY FIVE DEGREES. THAT IS ALMOST THREE TO FIVE DEGREES WARMER THAN YOU TYPICALLY EXPECT FOR THE SUMMER TEMPERATURE" (ENGLISH) 0.54 5. UNDERWATER TRACKING MORE OF GREAT BARRIER REEF AND BLEACHED CORAL WITH SEA TURTLE/ SHARK/ OCTOPUS/ SCHOOL OF FISH SWIMMINGOVER REEF (5 SHOTS) 1.39 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 17th May 1998 13:00
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  • Location: OFF HERON ISLAND, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
  • Country: Australia
  • Reuters ID: LVA15FQSV0FCYB6WU9LLW44C1Y4O
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