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Rising levels of acids in seas may endanger marine life, says study
2013-08-25 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rapidly rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are causing a potential catastrophe in our oceans as they become more acidic, scientists have warned. Hans Poertner, professor of marine biology at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany, and co-author of a new study of the phenomenon, told the Guardian: "The current rate of change is likely to be more than 10 times faster than it has been in any of the evolutionary crises in the earth's history." Seawater is naturally slightly alkaline,...
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2013-08-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: By the time Hurricane Sandy veered toward the Northeast coast of the United States last October 29, it had mauled several countries in the Caribbean and left dozens dead. Faced with the largest storm ever spawned over the Atlantic, New York and other cities ordered mandatory evacuations of low-lying areas. Not everyone complied. Those who chose to ride out Sandy got a preview of the future, in which a warmer world will lead to inexorably rising seas. Brandon dLeo, a 43-year-old sculptor and surfer,...
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Rising seas washing away Pacific leader's home island
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AFP: As the US urges world leaders to ramp up action on climate change, the leader of one small island chain in the North Pacific Ocean has already got the message -- watching helplessly as rising seas slowly erode his birthplace. The idyllic beaches on the island of Buoj where Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak fished as a boy are already submerged, and the ever-encroaching ocean now threatens to wash away roads, schools and airstrips. "The end of the island gets shorter every year. Some...
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Rising seas in southern Caribbean offer dark preview of future amid climate change
2013-05-07 13:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Rising sea levels are threatening tens of thousands of people living near the coastline in the Caribbean, especially in southern island of Grenada. The old coastal road in the fishing village of Telescope sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean. People here say they have been watching the sea eat away at their shoreline in recent decades, a result...
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Rising seas clearly evident along SC coast
2013-04-29 09:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Living in a coastal town or city with seawalls and docks on the waterfront, it can be difficult to notice the sea level rise by increments each year. But effects of higher sea level are very clear down a winding dirt road in Georgetown County where acres of what was once a forested wetland have morphed into a salt marsh of dead trees jutting toward the sky. "When you go into the field, you really see a lot of trees dying. That's the first thing that catches your eye," said Alex Chow, who teaches...