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Fast-warming gulf of Maine hints at future for oceans
2014-11-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: After hauling in the cages at his island oyster farm near Biddeford, Maine, Mark Green's boat is loaded with crusty marine life. Baskets of oysters are there, but so are green crabs invasive and inedible. "My boat will be full," Green says. "The bottom will just be this undulating mass of green crabs by the end of the day. I mean thousands." A native of Europe, green crabs have been present on the U.S. East Coast for more than a century, but until a couple of years ago they didn't cause much trouble...
Dead zones are coming for your rivers, lakes, and oceans
2014-11-10 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Halloween may have come and gone, but climate change continues to give us the creeps. A new study revealed that warmer temperatures are causing zombie-like "dead zones" in rivers, lakes, and oceans worldwide. According to the study, published Monday in the journal Global Change Biology, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center found two dozen ways that climate change is worsening dead zones. If you`re catching up: Climate...
Oceans acidifying at unprecedented rate, says chief scientist
2014-10-24 15:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Sir Mark Walport, the UK governments chief scientist, has warned that since the industrial revolution the acidity of the worlds oceans has increased by 25% and is set to rise further -- threatening fish stocks and the natural environment. Today ocean acidification is being driven by manmade carbon emissions, which are often absorbed by the seas. Scientists have observed that the current acidification trend far exceeds historical, naturally occurring trends. Speaking to the BBC, Walport said,...
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Science chief warns on acid oceans
2014-10-24 07:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The UK's chief scientist says the oceans face a serious and growing risk from man-made carbon emissions. The oceans absorb about a third of the CO2 that's being produced by industrial society, and this is changing the chemistry of seawater. Sir Mark Walport warns that the acidity of the oceans has increased by about 25% since the industrial revolution, mainly thanks to manmade emissions. CO2 reacts with the sea water to form carbonic acid. He told BBC News: "If we carry on emitting CO2...
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As Climate Change Warms Oceans, Fish Move Toward Poles
2014-10-13 22:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weather Channel: Fish are moving toward the poles, and its not because of their magnetism. New research out of the University of British Columbia reveals that climate change -- and more specifically, warmer ocean temperatures -- could result in a large-scale shift of marine fish and invertebrates, notes a UBC news release. The tropics could be fishless by 2050, according to the researchers. The tropics will be the overall losers, William Cheung, a UBC associate professor and study co-author, said in...
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