Climate Change May Impact Vital Ocean Chemical Cycles
• ibtimes.comWarming ocean temperatures may hamper vital ocean chemical cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorus, according to a new study.
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Can UN Scientists Revive Drive Against Climate Change?
• arcleinThey also lower the pH balance of the world's oceans, making them more acidic, and hamper production of dimethyl sulphide (DMS), a sulphur compound, by plankton, said the study.
Alpine Flowers Moving Higher
• arclein"Warmer temperatures decrease the length of the snow cover and increase biological activity, an important factor in these cold conditions where growth is often limited by low temperatures, even in summer," she toldenvironmentalresearchweb. "Henc
Arctic Sea Ice Down Trend Sustained
• arcleinWhile the ice will continue to shrink until around mid-September, it is unlikely that this year's summer low will break a new record. Still, this year's melt rates are in line with the sustained decline of the Arctic ice cover observed by NASA and
Climate Change Fueling Spread of Crop-Killing Pests and Disease: Study
• http://www.commondreams.org, Jacob ChamberlainAs planet warms global food security pushed further to the brink
Hiding an Ocean in Australia
•With heavy rains, the basin fills up to become Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre; fish eggs lying dormant in the soil hatch, and an ecosystem briefly comes to life. "It's an instant inland sea," says Fasullo.
Rising ocean acidity will make climate change worse
• sciencerecorder.comThe storage capacity of the world’s oceans is limited, and the absorption of excess carbon dioxide has a devastating effect on marine life.
Coastal flooding could cost $1 trillion by 2050, as Task Force warns to prepare for future storms
• treehugger.comWe've long known that sea level rise caused by global warming would threaten people and communities along the coasts, like Miami, Nantucket, Malibu, New York and others, but a new study puts a startling figure on the potential damage.
Associated Press caught blatantly lying about global warming with deceptive photo and caption
• naturalnews.comIf a picture says a thousand words, a photo taken out of context can speak lies for eternity.
West Antarctica Warmed Quickly ... 20,000 Years Ago
• http://www.livescience.com, By Becky OskinThe modern meltdown of the Antarctic Ice Sheet mirrors the frozen continent's big thaw after the last ice age ended 20,000 years ago, a new study finds.
The Drying South West USA
• arcleinIt takes time for these dam-controlled tidal pulses to travel downstream. Where we are now, just above Zoroaster Rapid, the river is roughly in phase with the dam: low at night, high in the daytime. Head a few days down the river and it will be the r
Interior Secretary: I don't want any climate-change deniers in my department
• Washington ExaminerIn an agency-wide address to employees Interior Secretary Jewell took the unusual step of saying, “I hope there are no climate-change deniers in the Department of Interior,” she said.
A Storm is Coming: Sun's Poles are Set to FLIP Within Four Months
• Lewrockwell.comThe sun’s magnetic field is expected to flip in the next three to four months and it could lead to changes in our climate, storms and disruption to satellites.
Dust Storms And Wind Erosion Are Eating Away At Australian Soil
• redorbit.comA new study from The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) of Australia shows that although topsoil is rich in nutrients and carbon, it is increasingly being blown away by events such as the “Red Dawn” in Sydney in 2009
Arctic ice grows darker and less reflective
• newscientist.comArctic ice is losing its reflective sheen.
In South Thailand: No fish, no future
• aljazeera.comClimate change and destructive fishing methods harm the ecosystem and the lives of fishermen.
Coral mappers reach Caribbean waters
• newscientist.comCoral reefs teem with a diverse array of life and colour, but in many places around the world, their future is uncertain.
Climate change triggers rising violence, study warns
• sciencerecorder.comFeeling a bit hot? It may be your temper, or it may be global warming.
How punk rock science explains glacier melt
• treehugger.comIn the current issue of Rolling Stone, Jeff Goodell has a great report on why Jason Box's radical approach to climate science is changing our understanding of the unprecedented rate of glacier melt in Greenland.
Leaked IPCC report doesn't let us off the hook
• newscientist.comCan we all stop worrying about global warming?
Cyclone Chewing up Arctice Sea Ice
• arcleinLast year, a particularly powerful cyclone is thought to have wiped out 800,000 square kilometres of ice. That contributed to record low sea-ice levels at the end of the 2012 melt year. This year’s storm over the Beaufort Sea formed about midweek
The North Pole is now the North Pool
• treehugger.comSo, ice at the North Pole has melted and formed a freshwater lake. Yes, there is a lake at the North Pole. Naturally, the sight of Santa's home all melty has raised concerns about climate change.
Alps Nearly Ice Free During Roman Era
• arcleinThe Alps were largely ice-free 2000 years ago during the Roman Warming Period, demonstrated by wood finds in today's glacial alpine regions by Dr. Christian Schlüchter. Dr. Schlüchter is Professor of Quaternary and Environmental Geology at the Unive
Huge methane belch in Arctic could cost $60 trillion
• newscientist.comA sudden methane burp in the Arctic could set the world back a colossal $60 trillion.
CIA to bankroll study to learn how to control the climate
• sciencerecorder.comThe agency plans to spend $630,000 on a study that will determine whether geoengineering can be used to modify Earth’s climate.
Climate changes don't have to be looked at as negative:
• naturalnews.comA study published by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the Nature Geoscience journal discusses the potential of the algae growth caused by melting glaciers in Greenland, is actually having a positive effect on the environment.
CIA Is Funding Government Led Chemtrailing Project
• Prison PlanetSpy agency to help study “security impacts” of geo-engineering
HAARP Silenced (for now)
• Fairbanks News-MinerThe military-run High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP facility near Glennallen, Alaska, has shut down. No one's saying how long the closure will last. Considered by some to be a "weather-weapon", and suggested as capable of caus
Global Warming Effect: Sea Level May Rise More Than 2 Meters In Future By Each Degree Of Warming
• ibtimes.comOver the next two thousand years, each degree of global warming may lead to sea levels rising by more than 2 meters (6.6 feet), a new study by a group of international researchers said.
Antarctic Ice Crater
• arcleinThat said, dumping fresh water into the ocean in massive amounts is a suspect in a variety of historical climate changes, such as the Younger Dryas event — between 11,500 and 12,800 years ago — that is blamed for the decline of the Clovis Culture in
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