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South Aral Sea basin is now "completely dried"
2014-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Slate: The Aral Sea--a huge part of it at least--is no more. According to NASA, "for the first time in modern history, the eastern basin of the South Aral Sea has completely dried.' Humans have been farming the Aral Sea area in Central Asia for centuries, and the lake has gone through spectacular boom-and-bust cycles in the past. But the lake hasn't been this dry in a long, long time. Speaking with NASA, Philip Micklin, a geographer emeritus from Western Michigan University, said, "it is likely the first...
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Ocean Acidification Hits Young Sea Stars Hardest
2014-09-27 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Ocean acidification hits young sea stars the hardest compared to their adult counterparts, according to a new study. Young members of a species are sensitive as it is to environmental stresses compared to their parents, so with juvenile marine life now combating ocean acidification as well, it's taking its toll. That goes for the sea star Asterias rubens from the Baltic Sea, scientists from GEOMAR (Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel) have shown. Described in the journal Marine Ecology Progress...
Filipino-UK firm to drill for gas in disputed sea
2014-09-26 20:57:22| Energy - Topix.net
Filipino business tycoon Manuel Pangilinan talks to reporters following the launching of free Internet surfing service to millions of pre-paid subscribers of his telecommunications company at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines Friday. MANILA >> The chairman of a Philippine energy company said Friday a Chinese state-owned oil producer hasn't responded to a revived proposal to jointly explore a disputed area of the South China Sea but drilling will go ahead by 2016 with or without a partnership.
Filipino-UK firm to drill for gas in disputed sea
2014-09-26 17:53:44| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The chairman of a Philippine energy company said Friday a Chinese state-owned oil producer hasn't responded to a revived proposal to jointly explore a disputed area of the South China Sea but drilling will go ahead by 2016 with or without a partnership. Manuel Pangilinan said that Filipino-British company Forum Energy PLC communicated the offer to China National Offshore Oil Corp. to explore Reed Bank, northwest of the Philippine island of Palawan.
Effects of rising sea levels likely to vary along NC coastline
2014-09-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News and Observer: North Carolina scientists on a panel tasked with predicting future sea levels expect the Atlantic Ocean to rise between 4 inches and 11 inches on the state's coast over the next three decades. But the effect of rising sea levels will be much less pronounced in Wilmington than in northern coastal areas, likely resulting in as many as four sea-level predictions for different parts of the North Carolina's coastline. The science panel, which met Wednesday, must issue its projections by Dec. 31. The...
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