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Lost in an acid sea: Fish's sense of smell
2014-04-14 15:36:16| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Climate: Acidic ocean water blunts the sense of smell in fish, making them bolder -- perhaps recklessly so, according to a new study offering a glimpse of the oceans of the future. This is the first time people have been able to test what would happen in 100 years. - Danielle Dixson, Georgia Tech The findings suggest that, if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, fish could suffer debilitating behavioral effects. "If reef fish behavior does not adapt to rising CO2 levels over coming generations,...
101-year-old message in a bottle found in Baltic Sea
2014-04-10 18:22:45| IT Services - Topix.net
What's believed to be the world's oldest message in a bottle has finally reached its destination -- more than 100 years later.
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Extinction crisis: rising sea levels will submerge thousands islands
2014-04-08 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Sea levels are rising at the highest rate in thousands of years, putting at risk low-lying islands around the world. In a new study published in Nature Conservation, researchers found that projected rises in sea level stand to swamp more than 10,000 islands, displacing human communities and wiping many unique species off the face of the earth. Climate change is leading to rising oceans in a two-fold way. First, increasing temperatures at the poles are melting ice-sheets, discharging more and more...
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Sea Shepherd Founder to Bill Maher: If Oceans Die, We Die
2014-04-08 15:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: You can always expect to see Captain Paul Watson on the front lines of the battle to conserve and protect marine ecosystems for wildlife. He and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have been doing it for nearly 40 years. A late-night, cable television got the chance to learn more about Watson`s mission during the most recent episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. He discussed some of his biggest enemies--Japanese whalers--and his joy regarding last week`s International Court of Justice ruling...
Arctic sea ice peak is 5th lowest on record
2014-04-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Despite a late-season boost from the cold weather patterns similar to those that blasted England with terrific storms in February, Arctic sea ice is still on a long-term decline, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The Arctic ice cap expands every winter and shrinks every summer, in response to changing temperatures, sunlight and weather conditions. The sea ice hit its annual peak on March 21, covering 5.76 million square miles (14.91 million square kilometers), the NSIDC reported...
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