#The best new reef-safe sunscreens

#The best new reef-safe sunscreens

“The best new reef-safe sunscreens” When Chantecaille creative director Olivia Chantecaille heads to the shore, she wants to know that the SPF she’s tossed in her tote not only safeguards her skin, but the world’s increasingly fragile coral reef eco-system, too. That’s why Chantecaille SeaScreen 30, a broad-spectrum mineral formula in a mist that deploys…

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#Most Great Barrier Reef coral studied this year was bleached

#Most Great Barrier Reef coral studied this year was bleached

“Most Great Barrier Reef coral studied this year was bleached” CANBERRA, Australia — More than 90 percent of Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed this year was bleached in the fourth such mass event in seven years in the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem, Australian government scientists said. Bleaching is caused by global warming, but this…

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#Australia fights UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef health

#Australia fights UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef health

“#Australia fights UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef health” CANBERRA, Australia — Australia said Tuesday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the UN World Heritage Committee’s proposal. The committee said in a draft report on Monday that “there is…

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