{"id":4559,"date":"2016-06-26T17:58:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T09:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/26\/2500-scientists-implore-australia-to-protect-the-great-barrier-reef\/"},"modified":"2016-06-26T17:58:41","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T09:58:41","slug":"2500-scientists-implore-australia-to-protect-the-great-barrier-reef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/26\/2500-scientists-implore-australia-to-protect-the-great-barrier-reef\/","title":{"rendered":"2,500 scientists implore Australia to protect the Great Barrier Reef"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f127145%2fgettyimages-521398894\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/C1nrhwK94NSAhatdehQV7Ru1ZW4=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F127145%2FGettyImages-521398894.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=2%2C500+scientists+implore+Australia+to+protect+the+Great+Barrier+Reef&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F26%2Fscientists-coral-bleaching-australia%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F26%2Fscientists-coral-bleaching-australia%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>More than 2,000 coral reef scientists have sent a letter to the Australian government pleading for it to protect the Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n<p>Warning that Australia is perceived as a &#8220;laggard&#8221; on climate action, the letter was sent Saturday after the conclusion of the 13th\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">International Coral Reef Symposium, which was held in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Honolulu,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/07\/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching\/?utm_campaign=&amp;utm_context=textlink&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=\">What the Great Barrier Reef looks like in the wake of coral bleaching<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Addressed to Australia&#8217;s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, it was sent on behalf of the International Society for Reef Studies, which represents more than 2,500 coral reef scientists, managers and policy makers.<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><br \/><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/26\/scientists-coral-bleaching-australia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/coral-bleaching\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Coral Bleaching<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/climate-change\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Climate Change<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/great-barrier-reef\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Great Barrier Reef<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/australia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Australia<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/qO27nW2fRws\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 2,000 coral reef scientists have sent a letter to the Australian government pleading for it to protect the Great Barrier Reef. 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