WA coral not immune to big bleaching event and other top stories.

• WA coral not immune to big bleaching event

  

  WA coral not immune to big bleaching eventTom RabeAAPApril 16, 2016 8:07AMSavePrint WA coral not immune to big bleaching eventCoral along Western Australia's Kimberley coast is not immune to an unprecedented bleaching event affecting northern Australian waters, with a recent study discovering climate change may overwhelm the organisms' unique defence system.The James Cook University study found when corals were exposed to a slight rise in water temperature, they were able to use it as a "practi..

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• Little finch could be extinct in NSW

  Little finch could be extinct in NSWA small grassland bird once common in parts of NSW could be extinct in the state.There have only been three confirmed sightings of the southern subspecies of the black-throated finch in NSW since 1990.In a preliminary determination released to the public, the NSW Science Committee supported a proposal to have the bird listed as a species presumed to be extinct.Originally published as Little finch could be extinct in NSW

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• Wow! signal: Astronomer turns to crowdfunding to resolve space mystery

  

  Wow! signal: Astronomer turns to crowdfunding to resolve space mystery Updated April 16, 2016 00:29:31 An American astronomy professor has turned to crowdfunding to further his research into what happened to the elusive Wow! signal. Key points: Professor Antonio Paris believes that hydrogen gas surrounding two comets created the Wow! signalHe needs a $20,000 radio telescope to observe them as they pass that same grouping of stars again in 2017 and 2018He has turned to ..

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