BBC: Great Barrier Reef: One million tons of sludge to be dumped
It was announced last month that despite strict laws on dumping waste, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) in Australia gave the go-ahead to dump one million tons of sludge in the Great Barrier Reef. I’m speechless. In 2018, Australia pledged A$500 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef, which has already lost 30% of its coral due to bleaching (thanks to rising sea temperatures and damage from crown-of-thorns starfish) and at that time, one of the threats listed was large amounts of sediment. Why on earth they are doing this is beyond comprehension. One of the...
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