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State of the oceans: Degrading faster

News: Degrading Oceans    June 20, 2011
International Programme on the State of the Ocean expert panel…Credit: IPSO The ocean big and wide and mighty…is damaged, seriously damaged. How to get that message across in an era when so much propaganda is directed toward destroying the credibility of science? For years scientists have been warning that the oceans are degrading – acidification, [...]
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The problem with grasping the ocean acidification problem

News: Degrading Oceans    July 9, 2010
Sometimes the scale of a problem defies attempts to precisely define its reality and impact. Global warming is one such problem. Acidification of the oceans is another. These both represent tangible changes, one to the earth’s atmosphere; the other to the seas. Scientists have for years taken measurements, made comparisons, and generally (as in a [...]
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James Lovelock: A climate change pessimist

Spun: March 31, 2010
“I don’t think we’re yet evolved to the point where we’re clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change,” said Lovelock in his first in-depth interview since the theft of the UEA emails last November. “The inertia of humans is so huge that you can’t really do anything meaningful.” [Source: The Guardian] [...]
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New report: Ocean acidification worsens

News: Degrading Oceans    December 11, 2009
The good news for the climate is that the oceans can absorb an enormous amount of carbon dioxide, a huge buffer against global warming. The bad news is for the oceans. When sea water absorbs CO2 it has the nasty habit of turning some of it into acid. This has been going on for decades [...]
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Ocean acidification – fewer shellfish

News: Degrading Oceans    November 1, 2009
Oceans are mighty, big, and wide – but they are not indestructible. We’ve known for some time that Earth’s ocean ecology is threatened. Overfishing, pollution, warming have all come under the spotlight. Scientific studies continue to arrive that document various aspects of the decline of the oceans. Here’s a pioneer study that spotlights the delectable [...]
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