Dire scenarios for world’s reefs

The world's coral reefs have had to deal with a barrage of threats and a new one could be the final blow: oceans becoming more acidic as carbon dioxide emissions increase.

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New climate change warnings say coral reefs doomed in 30 years (EARTHtimes.org)

Sydney - A climate change study to be released Friday predicts the world’s coral reef systems, including Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, could start collapsing within 30 years if the effects of global warming are not reversed. The Great Barrier Reef,…

Climate Change Conference Delegates Challenged (Scoop.co.nz) The United Nations' top officials today appealed to delegates from some 150 nations who are attending the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia to take urgent action to tackle global warming. [News Source]

Study shows how clean-energy programs fight global warming (Tri-State Neighbor) As climate change concerns creep into new laws, a recent study shows farm policy is already aiding the cause and has potential to further curb gases that cause global warming. [News Source]

Global expectations high for climate change breakthrough- UN chief (Islamic Republic News Agency) UN - Conference - Climate Change The world is counting on a breakthrough at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told delegates at the summit, calling the fight against global warming "the moral challenge of our generation". [News Source]

UN chief scolds climate talks delegates

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was disappointed by the level of progress at a climate conference Saturday and urged delegates to quickly approve a compromise plan to launch negotiations for a new global warming pact.

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Deadlock at Bali climate change conference (Radio Netherlands) At the UN climate change conference, there's no sign of a deadlock being broken in negotiations over how the world should fight global warming. [News Source]

Gore: US blocking climate progress

Former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday the United States is "principally responsible" for blocking progress at the U.N. climate conference in Bali.

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Climate change: Global effort in danger of collapse, says UN official (Adnkronos) Climate change: Global effort in danger of collapse, says UN official (AKI) - International efforts to tackle climate change could collapse unless envoys from 190 nations make swift progress on a new global warming agreement, the UN's top climate change official has said.Speaking at the UN climate change conference on the Indonesian island of Bali, Yvo de Boer said on Thursday there ... [News Source]

EU criticises Rudd on climate change (ABC via Yahoo!7 Finance) A European Union leader has accused Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of not doing enough to fight global warming despite signing the Kyoto Protocol. Mr Rudd signed the landmark treaty on global warming as his first act in office last week and headed to the UN conference on climate change on his maiden foreign trip. Yesterday Mr Rudd enjoyed two rounds of applause as he told the conference ... [News Source]