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Ocean acidification will make it hard for mussels to hang on experiments suggest
2016-07-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC.ca: For a seafood lover, the strong, stretchy threads that mussels use to cling to rocks are a nuisance to be discarded. But for the mussel, they're a lifeline necessary to cling to its home and new research shows they're vulnerable to the climate change double-whammy of warmer and more acidic waters. Penn Cove mussel farmer A mussel farmer at Penn Cove Shellfish on Whidbey Island in Washington State shows a rope with mussels growing on it, along with algae. (Emily Carrington) "It is concerning,"...
XL Catlin sponsors deep ocean survey to better understand climate change impacts
2016-07-06 11:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Underwriter: XL Catlin will sponsor a new scientific survey to research the deep ocean, information from which will hopefully shed light on the potential impact of climate change and the risks that businesses, society and ecosystems will face in future. The XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey delivered by Nekton Mission in partnership with XL Catlin and an alliance of ocean scientists, media organizations, business leaders, philanthropists, educationalists and civil leaders will research Earths least explored...
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Ocean circulation implicated in past abrupt climate changes
2016-07-04 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: There was a period during the last ice age when temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere went on a rollercoaster ride, plummeting and then rising again every 1,500 years or so. Those abrupt climate changes wreaked havoc on ecosystems, but their cause has been something of a mystery. New evidence published this week in the leading journal Science shows for the first time that the ocean's overturning circulation slowed during every one of those temperature plunges - at times almost stopping. "People...
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Dominic Chappell: My BHS money was 'drip in the ocean'
2016-07-04 21:37:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The former owner of BHS, Dominic Chappell, has defended the money he took out of the company as a "drip in the ocean", in an interview with BBC Newsnight.
Dominic Chappell: My BHS money was 'drip in the ocean'
2016-07-04 21:33:17| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The former owner of failed high street retailer BHS has described the 2.6m he took out of the company as a "drip in the ocean" in an interview with BBC Newsnight.
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