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EPA to clamp down on deadly oil refinery pollution

2014-05-16 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: The millions of Americans who risk cancer every day by breathing in toxic pollution belched out by oil refineries could soon be breathing a little bit easier. The EPA proposed overdue new rules on Thursday that would force about 150 refineries in 30 states to rein in their air pollution, and to do a better job of monitoring it. Here`s the Natural Resources Defense Council`s John Walke with an overview of the proposal: EPA has proposed for the first time to require fenceline monitoring for carcinogenic...

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Researchers may be able to predict deadly jellyfish blooms

2014-05-14 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: The key to predicting the presence of tiny, venomous and nearly invisible jellyfish may be blowing in the wind, new research finds. The discovery, linking the appearance of teeny-tiny jellies off the coast of Australia with wind patterns, could lead to a way to prevent stings, researchers reported May 13 in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Closing beaches 31 percent of the time, when winds are inauspicious, could reduce the number of stings by more than 61 percent, they wrote. The...

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Deadly Fire Roars Through Coal Mine in Turkey

2014-05-14 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: An explosion on Tuesday in a coal mine in western Turkey killed more than 200 miners and left hundreds of others trapped underground, Turkeys energy minister said early Wednesday. The official, Taner Yildiz, said many, and perhaps most, of the miners had died of smoke inhalation. Were dealing with carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide poisoning, Mr. Yildiz said on television. Rescue efforts were continuing but time is against us, he added. The explosion set off a fire that blocked exits from...

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Forecast for deadly jellyfish blooms

2014-05-14 03:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: The sudden arrival of huge blooms of box jellyfish can now be predicted, a study suggests. Researchers from Australia say that monitoring changes in ocean winds can help to establish where and when Irukandji jellyfish will strike. The study is published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Lead author Lisa-Ann Gershwin said: "They travel in very, very large numbers. It's not uncommon to have dozens of stings on a beach in a day. "The jellyfish bodies and tentacles are invisible...

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