EarthSky News - March 16 - Great Barrier Reef is Dying

March 16 Great Barrier Reef is Dying by:

Great Barrier Reef is dying Authors of a cover story in journal Nature this week called for immediate global action to reduce climate warming, in order to secure a future for coral reefs. Real-life Hoth is disappearing Hardangerjøkulen - the Norwegian ice cap better known to Star Wars fans as the ice planet Hoth - is melting and may disappear by 2100. Tonight … Westward shift of Orion and all the stars The famous constellation Orion disappears into the sun's glare every year at this time. It happens as Earth makes its grand tour each year, around the sun. Celestial spiral is a double star It's not a spiral galaxy. It's a double star system seen from Earth to create a spiral shape in a shell of gas. Read how it happens, here.

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Celestial spiral is double star Two stars creating a spiral shape in a shell of gas.

Great Barrier Reef is dying In March 2016, researchers could see bleached coral in the northern Great Barrier Reef from the air. Image via James Kerry/ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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