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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Counting the cost: tool estimates fossil fuel impacts

A new tool will translate the impacts of emissions from coal, oil and gas projects on coral reefs. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Emissions from coal, oil and gas projects will be translated into extreme heat, rising seas, poverty, and coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef using a tool created by Australian researchers.

The Australian National University and UNSW announced the launch of the Carbon Impacts Tracer on Tuesday and revealed analysis for five major fossil fuel projects in Queensland, NSW and Western Australia.

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