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Melting Sea Ice Dilutes Water, Endangers Sea Life
Environment  (tags: world, News, melting ice, Sea life, endangers )

Katie
- 1 day ago - ca.reuters.com
Melting of the Arctic sea ice due to global warming is diluting surface waters and this is endangering some species of shellfish which need minerals in the water to form their shells and skeletons, scientists have found.
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Ice Retreat Creates New CO2 Store
Environment  (tags: News, Environment, co2, antarctic, Ice )

Katie
- 3 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Retreating ice in Antarctic has allowed tiny aquatic plants to flourish and absorb 3.5 million tonnes of carbon from the ocean and atmosphere annually.
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Global Temperatures Will Rise 6C By End of Century, Say Scientists
Environment  (tags: News, Study., temperature rise, globalwarming, environment, 6C )

Katie
- 3 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Global temperatures are on a path to rise by an average of 6C by the end of the century as CO2 emissions increase and the Earth's natural ability to absorb the gas declines, according to a major new study.
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Carbon Sinks Keep Pace With Rising Emissions
Environment  (tags: news, world, CO2emissions, climate-change, environment )

Katie
- 4 days ago - planetearth.nerc.ac.uk
The proportion of the carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere that is absorbed by natural carbon sinks like soils, forests and the oceans has remained almost unchanged over the last century and a half, even as CO2 levels have soared.
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Greenland Ice Loss 'Accelerating'
Environment  (tags: News, environment, globalwarming, Climate Change, ice melting, greenland )

Katie
- 8 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The Greenland ice sheet is losing its mass faster than in previous years and making an increasing contribution to sea level rise, a study has confirmed.
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Amazon's Low Salt Content Keeps Carbon Emissions at Bay
Environment  (tags: News, study, world, amazon, Amazon Rainforest, carbon emissions )

Katie
- 10 days ago - news.preview.nationalgeographic.com
Supposedly the most robust of the world's rain forests, the Amazon jungle suffers from "chronic malnutrition" due to a lack of salt, according to the lead scientist behind a new study.
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Can Closing the Ozone Hole Also Help Combat Climate Change?
Environment  (tags: News, environment, Ozone Layer, climatechange )

Katie
- 12 days ago - scientificamerican.com
Finding alternatives to refrigerants such as hydrofluorocarbons will help prevent the ozone hole being healed at climate's expense.
9 comments
Kenya's Man-Eating Lions Not as Man-Hungry as Previously Thought
Environment  (tags: News, lion, hunting, kenya )

Katie
- 16 days ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
According to legend, the infamous Tsavo man-eating lions dined on 135 people near a Kenyan labor camp prior to their capture in 1898.The results suggest that the lions hunted together but didn't always share food.
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Climate Protesters 'Swoop' on London
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, economy, business, society, protest, activists, London, global-warming, ClimateChange, climatechange, environment, green, humans, world, news )

SirRobert
- 86 days ago - cnn.com
An estimated 1,000 climate change activists were converging on their target-center of London's financial district on Wednesday, for a week-long protest intended to highlight the dangers of economic growth on the environment.
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Call for 350ppm Becomes Breakthrough Moment for Climate Movement
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, ClimateChange, climatechange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, environment, globalwarming, globalwarming, greenhousegases, humans, nature, pollution, protection, research, science, world, news, JimHansen, UN )

SirRobert
- 86 days ago - guardian.co.uk
When Jim Hansen and other leading climate scientists looked at phenomena like the Arctic ice melt of the last two summers, they produced new data demonstrating that 350ppm has now become the bottom line!
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Amazon Rainforest Crisis Alert
Environment  (tags: Amazon, AmazonRainforest, rainforest, environment, peru, americas, u.s., world, news, youtube, blog, crisis, alert, public warning, media, SouthAmerica, politics, business, science, tech, technology, research, oil, industry, HillaryClinton, ClimateChange )

SirRobert
- 159 days ago - thefifthknight.blog.friendster.com
There are those who still do not fully understand the emergency level nature and environmental impact repercussions from the loss of protester's human rights, and then following directly into the total extinction of the world's rainforests and species!
9 comments
Mount Taylor Named One of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
Environment  (tags: Mount Taylor, Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, culture, society, news, sadness, rights, ethics, religion, freedoms, destruction, endangered, habitatdestruction, nature, pollution )

Kat
- 200 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
WASHINGTON - The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Mount Taylor, near Grants, N.M., to its 2009 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. This annual list highlights important examples of the nation's architectural, cultural...
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Forests Could Turn Against Us In Climate Change Battle
Environment  (tags: forests, world, science, scientists, research, report, study, environment, news, ecosystems, earth, climate, climatechange, globalwarming, humans, tech, ClimateChange, CO2emissions, conservation, destruction, globalwarming, nature )

SirRobert
- 215 days ago - canada.com
The world's forests have long been considered a critical ally in the battle against climate change, but new scientific reports have revealed more bad news!
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NASA Celebrates Earth Day Across The Country
Environment  (tags: earth day, celebration, nasa, earth, science, research, tech, technology, environment, climatechange, globalwarming, ecosystems, humans, society, news, world, weather, government, climate, scientists, space, GoodNews, nature, oceans, protection )

SirRobert
- 216 days ago - nasa.gov
NASA centers across the nation invite journalists and the public to see and hear how NASA is dedicated to the contributions toward the understanding and protection of Earth.
5 comments
NASA: Satellites Show Arctic Literally On Thin Ice
Environment  (tags: nasa, u.s., snow, ice, data, satellites, weather, climate, climate change, global warming, science, environment, tech, technology, research, news, world, arctic, oceans, sea ice, climate-change, nature )

SirRobert
- 228 days ago - nasa.gov
Washington: The latest Arctic sea ice data from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center shows the decade-long melting trend is indeed continuing to shrink sea ice!
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