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Adani Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Ahmedabad.Founded by Gautam Adani in 1988 as a commodity trading business, the Group's businesses include sea and airport management, electricity generation and transmission, mining, natural gas, food, weapons, and infrastructure. [12]
On 3 April 2010 MV Shen Neng 1 ran aground approximately 38 nautical miles (70 km; 44 mi) east of Great Keppel Island, Australia. [5] The ship, which was carrying 975 tonnes of heavy bunker fuel oil, began leaking oil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which is closed to commercial shipping (it had been 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) off course). [6]
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority considers the greatest threat to the Great Barrier Reef to be climate change, causing ocean warming which increases coral bleaching. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] Mass coral bleaching events due to marine heatwaves occurred in the summers of 1998, 2002, 2006, 2016, 2017 and 2020, [ 66 ] [ 13 ] [ 67 ] and coral ...
This strong market position generates substantial cash flows that support shareholder returns. Turning to the specifics, the pharmaceutical giant offers investors a 4.3% dividend yield backed by a ...
Unfortunately, the Great Barrier Reef is still vulnerable, as in the southern region it decreased from 38% to 34%. The reef has been suffering from a large amount of ocean bleaching due to the ...
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), which is responsible for managing the park, does not consider grey water or exhaust cleaning by-products to be waste under the existing ...
Belgian Scientific Expedition was a scientific survey of the Great Barrier Reef, conducted in 1967–1968.. The Belgian Scientific Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef was a seven month expedition beginning in 1967, sponsored by the University of Liege, Belgium, the Belgium Ministry of Education and the National Foundation for Scientific Research.
The Capricorn and Bunker Group contains 73–75 percent of all seabird biomass in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. [19] All the cays, except Broomfield Cay, have been identified as significant seabird breeding islands. [19] In recent years, a colony of lesser crested tern Sterna bengalensis has used Broomfield Cay for breeding.