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North Korea 'fires shells near South Korean warship'
2014-05-23 01:00:00| Naval Technology
North Korea has reportedly fired shells into the disputed western maritime border near a South Korean high-speed patrol boat in the Yellow Sea, the South Korean Defence Ministry has said.
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Acidic ocean water is dissolving sea snail shells
2014-05-04 15:37:21| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science Times: Increasing acidity of the ocean is dissolving the shells of tiny marine snails called pteropods, according to a new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The pteropod is a free-swimming snail found in oceans around the world that grows to a size of about one-eighth to one-half inch. The evidence of corrosive waters impacting the snails, which provide food for pink salmon, mackerel, and herring, was discovered by a research team at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory...
Dissolving shells on the West Coast
2014-05-03 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Evidence now indicates that acidity of West Coast continental shelf waters is dissolving the shells of tiny free-swimming marine snails, called pteropods, the major food source for pink salmon, mackerel and herring. Funded by NOAA, the study estimates the percentage of pteropods in this region with dissolving shells due to ocean acidification has doubled in the nearshore habitat since the pre-industrial era and is on track to triple by 2050 when coastal waters become 70 percent more corrosive than...
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Study: The Latest Victims of Climate Change Are Snail Shells
2014-05-03 17:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Climate change has claimed its latest victim: Limacina helicina, a planktonic, predatory sea snail thats a member of the taxonomic group more commonly known as sea butterflies. (The name is derived from the wing-like lobes the tiny creatures use to get around.) In a study recently published in journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a group of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Oregon State University have found that the Pacific Oceans decreasing...
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Ocean Acidification Chipping Away at Snail Shells
2014-05-02 15:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Ocean acidification isn't proceeding at a snail's pace, says new research. The study finds that corrosive water off the U.S. West Coast is dissolving the shells of a marine snail, also known as a sea butterfly, that is a key player in the coastal food chain. Researchers worry that the mollusks' weakened shells could have far-reaching consequences for the animals that eat them, such as fish and marine mammals. Salmon, herring, and other commercially important species rely on a snail-rich...
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