http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/ocean-acidity-another-reason-for-cutting-carbon/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/ocean-acidity-another-reason-for-cutting-carbon/#comment-15266 Tony Forrest Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-15266 How much carbon is released into the atmosphere from the generation of the $5 billion tourism and fishing industry around the Great Barrier Reef? How much carbon is released into the atmosphere from the generation of the $5 billion tourism and fishing industry around the Great Barrier Reef?

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/ocean-acidity-another-reason-for-cutting-carbon/#comment-15267 Roslyn Pike Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-15267 Is it CO2 leaching out from the land and turning the creeks and streams dark red as they flow into the ocean? Is it CO2 leaching out from the land and turning the creeks and streams dark red as they flow into the ocean?

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/20/ocean-acidity-another-reason-for-cutting-carbon/#comment-15268 tony lovell Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-15268 A 1% increase in Soil Carbon on land the same size as the Great Barrier Reef - 3.5 million hectares would sequester 350 MILLION tonnes of Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere – and Australia has 442 million hectares of available grazing land. A 1% increase in Soil Carbon on land the same size as the Great Barrier Reef - 3.5 million hectares would sequester 350 MILLION tonnes of Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere – and Australia has 442 million hectares of available grazing land.

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