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Prime Minister Tony Abbott says "things will improve" further for the Great Barrier Reef at a press conference releasing The Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan on Hamilton Island.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, government-and-politics, oceans-and-reefs, climate-change, australia
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"We are all conservationists ... utterly committed to protecting" the Great Barrier Reef, Prime Minister Tony Abbott tells a press conference on Hamilton Island in Queensland.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, government-and-politics, oceans-and-reefs, climate-change, australia
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| UpdatedAs further news of the damage from Tropical Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu gradually trickles in, 10 expats from Epi Island are still waiting to hear from their families.
Topics: climate-change, cyclone, cyclones, vanuatu
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| UpdatedSurrounding yourself with wood products is good for your health, according to a study commissioned by environmental organisation Planet Ark.
Topics: forests, rural, industrial-design, environmental-health, mental-health, mens-health, womens-health, education, climate-change, broken-hill-2880, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedClimate change exacerbated the damage caused by Cyclone Pam, which left a trail of destruction across Vanuatu, Australia's Climate Council says.
Topics: climate-change, cyclone, cyclones, vanuatu, australia, pacific
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The Top End's celebrated coastal wetlands are grappling with some of the highest rates of climate change related sea level rises in the world.
Topics: environmental-impact, climate-change, research, environmental-management, darwin-0800
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New South Wales farmers are looking skyward for any sign of rain as the autumn drags on.
Topics: agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, climate-change, rainfall, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedNew aerial ice studies have uncovered a series of tunnels and gateways which are allowing warm water to eat away at the Totten Glacier, potentially leading to a dramatic rise in global sea levels.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, climate-change, tas, antarctica
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| UpdatedA report examining the effect of climate change on some of Australia's most common agricultural products paints a dire prediction of future production in a warming world.
Topics: livestock, fruits, vegetables, viticulture, food-processing, weather, drought, climate-change, oceans-and-reefs, university-of-melbourne-3010, melbourne-3000
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Carbon emissions from coal-fired power stations are a major contributor to global warming, but the mining industry says so-called clean coal technology could be the silver bullet to address the issue.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, climate-change, air-pollution, biloela-4715, rockhampton-4700
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Antarctic octopuses' blue blood may make them more resilient to climate change than fish, researchers find.
Topics: marine-biology, climate-change, research, research-organisations, antarctica
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| UpdatedAt any point in time, somewhere in Australia a farmer is likely to be dealing with drought. What is it like? How do you cope?
Topics: agricultural-policy, drought, climate-change, shepparton-3630, wentworth-2648, wee-waa-2388, cohuna-3568
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Mackay Sugar has welcomed comments from Environment Minister Greg Hunt, which suggest an agreement on the Renewable Energy Target could be close.
Topics: sugar, rural, environment, climate-change, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, mackay-4740
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Professor Kadambot Siddique from the University of Western Australia explains how a study measured the potential effect of climate change on wheat.
Topics: wheat, science, climate-change
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Topics: climate-change, wheat, agricultural-crops, science, perth-6000
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| UpdatedScientists have investigated wheat's response to potential climate changes like higher temperatures, drier conditions and elevated carbon dioxide.
Topics: climate-change, wheat, agricultural-crops, science, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWould you describe as 'charismatic' an insect that buries faeces for a living?
Topics: beef-cattle, dairy-production, research, greenhouse-gas, climate-change, pest-management, dorrigo-2453, canberra-2600, armidale-2350
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ANU PhD candidate Catherine Ross says it is most likely climate change has led to widespread eucalypt dieback on the Monaro, in south-east New South Wales.
Topics: climate-change, tree, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, berridale-2628, cooma-2630, jindabyne-2627, bega-2550
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Topics: climate-change, tree, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, berridale-2628
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| UpdatedFor more than a decade it has been a mystery as to what is causing eucalypt trees to die on the Monaro in south-east, New South Wales.
Topics: invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, climate-change, tree, berridale-2628, cooma-2630, jindabyne-2627, bega-2550
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government says a renewable energy target agreement with the clean energy sector is "very close" after fresh talks over the weekend.
Topics: alternative-energy, government-and-politics, federal-government, climate-change, australia
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| UpdatedThe Intergenerational Report is all about what's most important for our future, so it's a shame it became another missed opportunity to address the biggest risk issue of the day: climate change.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, climate-change, environmental-policy
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Dr Helen McGregor at Uni of Wollongong agrees the El Nino event is weak and delayed. read more
Topics: climate-change, grain, weather, sydney-2000, university-of-wollongong-2522
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| UpdatedA delayed El Nino has now started, according to US forecasters.
Topics: climate-change, weather, drought, grain, mildura-3500, wagga-wagga-2650, hobart-7000, brisbane-4000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, wollongong-2500
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A year on from the implementation of a climate change plan for the Eyre Peninsula and the plan is already being adopted by other groups around the country. The Eyre Peninsula Climate Change Agreement Committee executive officer Cecilia Woolford says they are pleased with what they have set out to do.
Topics: rural, climate-change, port-lincoln-5606