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Great Barrier Reef at risk of going environmentally bankrupt.
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SYDNEY, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been valued at 56 billion Australian dollars (42.44 billion U.S. dollars)...
Iron chemistry matters for ocean carbon uptake.
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Melting and cracking – is Antarctica falling apart?
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Although fracturing and surface melting on the Larsen C ice shelf might sound like indicators of climate change, these processes are natural
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