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Marine invasive species benefit from rising carbon dioxide level

2015-11-06 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Ocean acidification may well be helping invasive species of algae, jellyfish, crabs and shellfish to move to new areas of the planet with damaging consequences, according to the findings of a new report. Slimy, jelly-like creatures are far more tolerant of rising carbon dioxide levels than those with hard structures like corals, since exposed shells and skeletons simply dissolve away as CO2 levels rise. The study, conducted by marine scientists at Plymouth University, has found that a number...

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Marine invasive species benefiting from rising carbon dioxide levels

2015-11-06 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] Ocean acidification may well be helping invasive species of algae, jellyfish, crabs and shellfish to move to new areas of the planet with damaging consequences, according to the findings of a new report. Slimy, jelly-like creatures are far more tolerant of rising carbon dioxide levels than those with hard structures like corals, since exposed shells and skeletons simply dissolve away as CO2 levels rise. The study, conducted by marine scientists at Plymouth U…

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What 1500 Bug Species on a Rooftop Tell Us About Climate Change

2015-11-02 20:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Time: Scientists often point to the large-scale effects of climate change as evidence of the phenomenon. Antartica is melting, cities are flooding and temperatures in some parts of the world may top 170F, climate scientists say. But a look at seemingly subtle changes in the world around us can be just as illuminating. New research, published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, shows how climate change has affected more than 1,500 insect species collected from a single rooftop in Denmark over 18 years....

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