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Monarch butterflies will fly 3,200 kilometres (2,000 miles) from Canada to Mexico for the winter.


Carbon dioxide killing Great Barrier Reef, study finds


Carbon dioxide killing Great Barrier Reef, study finds
Australian scientist Bradley Opdyke reports that Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in great danger of being destroyed by increased levels of carbon dioxide. Increased world carbon dioxide levels are found to raise ocean acidity, thereby halting the growth of coral. Not enough has been done to lower levels of carbon dioxide emissions and if this trend continues, the Great Barrier Reef may well be doomed. Other reports from Hawaii and France published in the journal 'Science' agree with his findings.

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