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A day in the life of a Maersk seafarer
2015-01-20 01:00:00| Ship Technology
A career at sea isnt for the fainthearted. Getting cargo safely from A to B is paramount and you cant afford to make mistakes. But for an independent soul like Maersk deck cadet Justin White, the strong sense of camaraderie, the daily challenges
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Giving Marine Life The Slip
2015-01-19 08:24:35| Chemicals - Topix.net
Paint companies, and the shippers they serve, have been hunting for the perfect antifouling compound-an ingredient to ward off barnacles, mussels, and other sea life from oceangoing vessels-ever since tributyl tin, a formidable biocide, was banned in 2008 on environmental grounds. These days, biocidal antifouling compounds often contain elements such as copper and zinc, but manufacturers would still like to find an even more effective and environmentally benign product.
Life on Earth now officially at risk, scientists say
2015-01-16 20:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Humans are eating away at our own life support systems at a rate unseen in the past 10,000 years by degrading land and freshwater systems, emitting greenhouse gases, and releasing vast amounts of agricultural chemicals into the environment, new research has found. Two major new studies by an international team of researchers have pinpointed the key factors that ensure a livable planet for humans, with stark results. Of nine worldwide processes that underpin life on Earth, four have exceeded safe...
Human activity risking life on Earth, warn scientists
2015-01-16 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A group of scientists have warned that human activity is destabilising the Earth system that we depend on, with four of the nine planetary boundaries now being crossed, potentially leading to serious risks and dangers. The researchers explain that the planetary boundaries concept, first published in 2009, identifies nine global priorities relating to human-induced changes to the environment. These nine processes and systems regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth system the complex...
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Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says
2015-01-16 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A team of scientists, in a groundbreaking analysis of data from hundreds of sources, has concluded that humans are on the verge of causing unprecedented damage to the oceans and the animals living in them. We may be sitting on a precipice of a major extinction event, said Douglas J. McCauley, an ecologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an author of the new research, which was published on Thursday in the journal Science. But there is still time to avert catastrophe, Dr. McCauley...
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