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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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John Kerry: Address climate change before too late
2014-10-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the country and the world need to confront the threat of climate change while there`s still time. Kerry said climate change is already changing the world in real and significant ways, from serious food shortages to increasing temperatures to the threat of rising sea levels. But those changes also bring the potential of millions of new jobs to develop the renewable energy industry, he said, provided the U.S. and the rest of the world act now. "We...
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Obama announces new climate change initiative
2014-10-10 04:17:52| Waste Management - Topix.net
The White House announced new executive orders and private sector partnerships to boost natural infrastructure, such as wetlands and forests, to mitigate and defend against the effects of climate change. The White House Council on Environmental Quality said several groups have pitched in to grow forests, which absorb carbon emissions, which most scientists blame for exacerbating global warming.
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Corals Hide From Climate Change Under Mangroves
2014-10-10 04:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A great number of coral populations across the globe have been steadily declining due to the adverse effects of climate change. The NOAA even recently recognized 20 different types of coral as threatened species due to notable decline. However, some coral have found themselves an ally. Mangroves appear to be harboring a great number of coral species, protecting them from things like ocean acidification and elevated temperatures. According to a study recently published in the journal Biogeosciences,...
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Could Climate Change Mean the End of the Seasons?
2014-10-09 22:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: As climate change causes winters to warm, the world becomes more and more like a tropical paradise, possibly meaning the end of the seasons as we know them, according to new research. The daily and nightly differences in temperatures worldwide are fast approaching yearly differences between summer and winter temperatures, which could wreak havoc on the global ecology by potentially affect crops, insects, malaria transmission, and even confuse migration patterns of birds and mammals worldwide....
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