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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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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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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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Ocean’s Top Layer Retains 80-90% of Global Heat Rise

Posted on Jun 03, 2010 by Scott James.

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Whether it’s the threat of dramatic sea level rise to coastal areas or current climate change refugees from low-lying islands, the effects of climate change and global warming on the world’s oceans are both real and imminent. One of the emerging areas of major concern is the amount of heat rise that is stored on the ocean’s top layer. Scientists from around the world analyzed heat content estimates from between 1993 and 2008 to determine the amount and level of certainty around the heat storage on the ocean’s surface and they came up with the startling conclusion that there is now enough energy stored there to light close to 500 100-watt light bulbs for every person on the planet.
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Whales and Climate Change: How Are They Linked?

Posted on Mar 08, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

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Two issues close to the hearts of many environmentalists (or even the average person now) — addressing climate change and protecting endangered whales — are now being seen as linked issues.

Whales are huge! Blue whales are the largest creatures on Earth. An elephant, the largest animal that lives on land, could stand on a blue whale’s tongue. Its heart is the size of a small car. A sperm whale has a brain the size of a car and you could swim in its veins.
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