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Climate change disrupts Arabian Sea little-known voracious plankton
2014-10-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Dead zones, or marine areas with levels of dissolved oxygen so low few things can exist, are becoming increasingly common as climate changes and soaring pollution from human populations combine to put record stress on waterways. This trend is alarming in most places, because marine life provides revenue and food security, but in some instances the changes are natural. Landlocked to the north, the Arabian Sea receives less circulation and interchange with outside waters, making most of its life dependent...
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Antarctic sea ice growth doesn't negate climate change, scientists say
2014-09-02 23:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: In the blue half-light of the Antarctic autumn, a thin film spreads across the continent's coastal waters. It's an embryonic form of sea ice: a mush of microscopic crystals that floats on the dense, salty water of the Southern Ocean. As winter takes root, this proto-sea ice grows thicker and stronger until it encircles Antarctica in a vast frozen ring. The ice spans nearly 7 million square miles at its peak, an area roughly twice the size of the United States. This year, Antarctic sea ice has expanded...
Argentine sea experts warn climate change consequences
2014-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Buenos Aires Herald: An Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ex-chairman says nearly half of Buenos Aires province could eventually be flooded if seas continue to grow The increasing global warming is melting the planet's ice and the subsequent rise of sea levels may flood nearly half of the province of Buenos Aires, and even cause some insular states to disappear, a leading international expert from Argentina warns. "I don't want to frighten anyone but nearly half of Buenos Aires province may remain under...
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GM's recalls of 20 million cars signals "sea change;" will it last?
2014-06-18 10:39:38| Automakers - Topix.net
But the big carmakers are only likely to persist in a sudden outpouring of safety defect mea culpas if they're threatened with penalties such as the $1.2 billion in criminal fines that the Justice Department slapped on Toyota Motor Corp. this spring over its concealment of deadly acceleration problems, said Clarence Ditlow, executive director of ... (more)
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2014-06-02 18:21:00| Waste Age
A confluence of forcesincluding government mandates, low gas prices and higher-efficiency enginesis behind an increase in the adoption of compressed natural gas by the waste and recycling industry. A confluence of forcesincluding government mandates, low gas prices and higher-efficiency enginesis behind an increase in the adoption of compressed natural gas by the waste and recycling industry. read more
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