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Increased CO2 in World’s Oceans Causes Fish to be Attracted to Predators

Posted on Jul 23, 2010 by Jennifer Lance.

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Human activity is not only causing increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in our atmosphere, but our oceans are suffering as well. CO2 absorption causes the water to become more acidic, which in turn alters marine life’s natural instincts to avoid predation. Researchers fear the results will have “far-reaching consequences for the sustainability of fish populations”.
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Does Climate Change Cause Crime?

Posted on Jun 25, 2010 by Scott James.

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Here’s the theory: climate change contributes to rising temperatures and dropping water levels, which in turn leads to lower catch volume and smaller fish, which pushes some Lake Naivasha fishermen in Nairobi’s Rift Valley to cast their nets into the world of crime. Naivasha police say that most of their recent arrests for kidnapping, rape, robbery, carjackings and other crimes have been of fishermen, up to ten a week. In addition, fishing has become so difficult that fishing “cartels” are forming, and some have been killed for fishing in a group’s regular territory.
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Man Swims Across Everest Lake (1Km) for Climate Change Action

Posted on Jun 17, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

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There are a lot of ways to try to increase awareness of climate change and action to stop it, but I imagine not many are as noteworthy as this one.

A man given the title “human polar bear” recently swam one kilometer across a lake on Mount Everest for this purpose.

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Australia’s Integrated Marine Information System Makes a Splash

Posted on Jun 15, 2010 by Scott James.

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There is literally an ocean of information floating around out there about almost anything you can think of, but seldom is that information brought together in an integrated, meaningful and useful way- especially when there are multiple governmental and scientific groups involved. But a new high-technology marine information system in the waters off of South Australia is looking to condense puddles into a usable stream. The new system will record information about wind speed, ocean currents, water temperature and salinity and make it available on the Internet for anyone who needs it.
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Gray Whale Found on Wrong Side of World

Posted on Jun 14, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

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This is one of those crazy stories that you can hardly believe when you read it. However, it is one that might become more and more common as climate change steams ahead. The title is no joke and no exaggeration. Apparently, a gray whale was spotted off the coast of Israel last month, despite there being “no gray whales” in the Mediterranean Sea or even in the Atlantic Ocean since the 18th century.

Phillip Clapham of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration writes: “There are really only two explanations: that there has been a relict population in the North Atlantic that no one has noticed (virtually impossible), or (more likely) that this whale came down through the ice-free Northwest Passage and is now hopelessly lost.”

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