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That Environmental Blog: Spotlight: The Great Barrier Reef

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Behold.. the Great Barrier Reef!

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Off the northeast coast of Australia, it is the largest tropical coral reef system in the whole world! It stretches over 1,200 miles along the coast and the area of it is more about the size of 70 million football fields.. that’s half the size of Texas!

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smartercities: This High Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal System (HCPVT) can harness the energy of 2,000 suns and provide fresh water and air conditioning in remote locations. The prototype HCPVT system under development uses a large parabolic dish, made from a multitude of mirror facets, which is attached to a tracking system that determines the best angle based on the position of the sun. Once aligned, the sun’s rays reflect off the mirror onto several microchannel-liquid cooled receivers with triple junction photovoltaic chips — each 1x1 centimeter chip can convert 200-250 watts, on average, over a typical eight hour day in a sunny region. Read more: http://huff.to/11vTQGE
dendroica: As predicted by chemistry, change in the Arctic Ocean is accelerating as temperatures warm faster than the global average, as the sea ice melts, as northern rivers run stronger and faster, delivering more fresh water farther into the northernmost ocean, and as we continue blasting an ever increasing quantity of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The Arctic Ocean Acidification Assessment, a new report from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP), presents these 10 key findings: 10 Key Findings From a Rapidly Acidifying Arctic Ocean | Mother Jones
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