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Ocean Acidification Will Make Climate Change Worse
2013-08-26 11:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Given that they cover 70% of the Earth`s surface--and provide about 90% of the planet`s habitable space by volume--the oceans tend to get short shrift when it comes to climate change. The leaked draft of the forthcoming coming new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlighted the atmospheric warming we`re likely to see, the rate of ice loss in the Arctic and the unprecedented (at least within the last 22,000 years) rate of increase of concentrations of greenhouse gases like...
Rising ocean acidity will exacerbate global warming
2013-08-25 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: The slow and inexorable increase in the oceans acidity as they soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could itself have an effect on climate and amplify global warming, according to a new study. Acidification would lead certain marine organisms to emit less of the sulphur compounds that help to seed the formation of clouds and so keep the planet cool. Atmospheric sulphur, most of which comes from the sea, is a check against global warming. Phytoplankton -- photosynthetic microbes that drift...
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Tainted water from Japanese nuclear power plant appears to have reached ocean
2013-08-24 00:20:22| Energy - Topix.net
Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced Friday that radiation levels higher than those found in nearby areas were detected in water from a drainage ditch near a tank at its crippled Fukushima No.
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PRESS RELEASE: Cohen Commercial Realty Signs Ocean Dragon Sushi in New Lease Transaction
2013-08-23 16:13:00| National Real Estate Investor
Bryan S. Cohen The restaurant signed a deal at Lake Point Centre. read more
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Ocean Power Technologies Deploys Autonomous PowerBuoy Under U.S. ...
2013-08-21 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
PENNINGTON, N.J. – Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPTT) ("OPT" or "the Company") today announced the deployment off New Jersey of its innovative autonomous wave energy device, marking an important milestone in the roll-out of the Company's Autonomous PowerBuoy® ("APB") product line.<br /> <br /> This latest deployment, 35 miles off the coast and in 43 meters of water depth, is in connection with a previously-announced Cooperative Research and Development Agreement ("CRADA") with ...This story is related to the following:Electrical Equipment and Systems Sponsored by: Globtek Inc. - MOBILE BANNER ADPower Take-Off (PTO) Driven Generators | Marine Generators | Buoys
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