May 26th, 2014 at 6:29PM

policymic:

The Great Barrier Reef will reach the point of no return in 16 years

A new report by the Australian Marine Conservation Society shows that the reef is under “unprecedented” threat from Australia’s urban development and proposed expansion in coastal ports. The report estimates that allowing large ships to access these ports would involve dredging 149 million tons of seabed, leading to serious damage to the reef systems and the marine life that depend on them.

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