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Global warming has irreversibly damaged coral reefs, Arctic ice: Report
2014-03-29 18:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yomiuri Shimbun: The international climate change panel currently meeting in Yokohama, Japan, has agreed to state in its upcoming report that global warming has inflicted irreversible damage coral reefs and Arctic sea ice. The agreement came at a plenary session of Working Group II of the UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC is meeting in Yokohama to assess the impact of ongoing warming of the planet. According to the IPCC, there will be serious effects on the natural environment when global...
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Coral reefs: life in the balance
2014-03-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A coral reef is a busy neighbourhood. In warm, shallow, tropical waters, clownfish mill among sea anemones; sponges and seaweeds jostle against each other; crabs and snapping shrimps lurk defensively amid the knobbly branches.It's a cornucopia of life. "About a third of all marine diversity sits in coral reefs," says Professor Jörg Wiedenmann, head of the Coral Reef Laboratory at the University of Southampton. At the heart of the reef's ecosystem are coral polyps soft-bodied animals related...
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Loss of tropical coral reefs could be first irreversible climate consequence
2014-01-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Many people are by now familiar with the Keeling curve, a graph showing the steady increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured over decades by the Mauna Loa Observatory, the world's longest-running CO2 monitoring station. The research, started by renowned climate scientist Dave Keeling in 1958, is considered one of the pillars of the scientific consensus that human activity is the main driver of climate change. This year, the data revealed a troubling milestone: CO2 concentrations had...
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Damaged reefs show resiliency in Cayman Islands study
2013-12-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A 13-year study of coral reefs spontaneously recovering in the Cayman Islands offers hope of refuting often doomsday forecasts about the worldwide decline of the colorful marine habitat. Scientists monitoring the Cayman reefs noted a 40 percent decline in live coral cover between 1999 and 2004 during a period of warmer seas in the Caribbean. However, seven years later, the amount, size and density of the live coral had returned to 1999 levels as sea temperatures eased, according to Tom Frazer,...
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Species Diversity In Coral Reefs Hints At How Coral Responds To Climate Change
2013-12-14 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: It is widely known that coral reefs are being put in jeopardy by rising water temperatures caused by climate change. A team of marine biologists, led by Penn State University, has made a surprising discovery that suggests that very similar looking coral species actually differ in how they survive in harsh environments. "We`ve found that previously unrecognized species diversity was hiding some corals` ability to respond to climate change," said Iliana Baums, associate professor of biology at Penn...
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