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So-called “dead zones”–patches of ocean lacking aerobic (oxygen breathing) life–will most likely increase due to a rise in carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations. Because of CO2 build up in the atmosphere, its level of concentration in the oceans also increases. There, some of the CO2 converts to a simple acid called carbonic acid. (H2CO3). What is [...]
Tuvalu is the tiny nation in the Pacific that sued the Bush administration because of sea level rise that was destroying its ability to sustain itself. (Tuvalu’s flag is number three above, with the stars of the Southern Cross.) Climate change was affecting Tuvalu early – its gorgeous islands are only 3 feet above sea [...]
Do you ever notice that you start to notice patterns in news stories? I am kind of following a developing research news story suggesting that species might get smaller as a result of climate change. The next eon could be one of smaller species — after the Anthropocene Age runs most species into the ground. [...]
Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Whatever you want to call the legendary North American biped, it is likely the elusive beast will lose a portion of its existing habitat in the coastal and lowland regions of the northwestern United States as the climate warms. The good news? Bigfoot will be gaining a bunch of new land in the [...]
In a meeting with environment and energy ministers from other European countries yesterday, Sweden’s Minister of Environment, Andreas Carlgren, said that global economic problems should in no way slow movement to address climate change. Other leading European ministers agreed. Economic problems today are in many ways a result of environmental missteps in the past. If [...]
