Creating a Safe Operating Space for the Great Barrier Reef (VIDEO)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Climate change and local pressures such as nutrient pollution and dredging threaten the Great Barrier Reef. Better local management is needed to help the reef -- and other iconic ecosystems around the world -- survive climate change, says a new Science study. Terry Hughes, director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, explains the study.

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Eleanor Gregory

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