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The man who discovered climate change finally gets his due
2016-03-31 13:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: French glaciologist Claude Lorius, 84, has taken part in more than 20 polar expeditions, mostly to Antarctica, and was one of the first scientists to foresee the ice melt now occurring in the region. He returned to Antarctica for the filming of "Ice and the Sky," which tells his story. Photo courtesy of "Ice and the Sky." The blizzard lashed at the men digging out a giant red bus-tank hybrid out of snowdrifts on the Antarctic Peninsula. The whiteout lasted 10 days, and by the end, 23-year-old...
A newly discovered Alaskan butterfly may hold clues to climate change
2016-03-26 23:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: Researchers discovered a possible new butterfly species in Alaska and believe it could tell us more about the pace of climate change. The Tanana Arctic, or Oeneis tanana, probably evolved from a rare hybrid when two butterfly species mated before the last ice age, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. While the butterfly could help shed light on the North American Arctic's geological history, it can also serve as a sort of canary in the coal...
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Newly discovered plastic-eating bacteria could be the key to combating landfill waste
2016-03-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BGR: An article published in Science this week discusses Japanese researchers discovery of Ideonella sakaiensis, a species of bacteria that is capable of breaking down polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which accounts for an estimated one-sixth of global plastic production. The researchers say that when cultivated on the plastic, the bacteria produces two enzymes capable of hydrolyzing PET. These enzymes are crucial for converting the plastic into tow more environmentally friendly components, terephthalic...
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New Virus Transmission Route Discovered in Pigs
2016-03-01 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SWITZERLAND - Japanese Encephalitis (JE) virus causes serious inflammation of the brain in people and fertility problems in pigs. Mosquitoes were previously the only known transmission route. However, the virus can also be spread from pig to pig by direct contact, and this could enable it to circulate in pigs during the mosquito-free winter season.
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'Ice age blob' of warm ocean water discovered south of Greenland
2016-02-19 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: New research published in Scientific Reports in February indicates that a warm ocean surface water prevailed during the last ice age, sandwiched between two major ice sheets just south of Greenland. Extreme climate changes in the past Ice core records show that Greenland went through 25 extreme and abrupt climate changes during the last ice age some 20,000 to 70,000 years ago. In less than 50 years the air temperatures over Greenland could increase by 10 to 15 °C. However the warm periods were...
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