Researchers from Tuebingen University in Germany have made a startling discovery by finding the first known vertebrate to have evolved mirrors, which focus light into the eyes. This odd vertebrate is a species of fish (Dolichopteryx longipes), commonly known as the ‘spookfish‘ or ‘barreleye‘. Although the spookfish has been recognised for [...]
A harbor seal, presumably from the north Atlantic, showed up in Bermuda this week and effectively debunked the global conspiracy known as AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming). William Weaver of the group Americans for Climate Truth said in a statement “scientists have reported that thousands of species were moving away from the equator, but this [...]
President George Bush has made good on his commitment to protect large areas of the Pacific from fishing:
WASHINGTON — Parts of three remote and uninhabited Pacific island chains are being set aside by President George W. Bush as national monuments to protect them from oil and gas extraction and commercial fishing in what [...]
ABC News, 5th December 2008
Scientists who recently completed the most comprehensive study of the Great Barrier Reef are now turning their attention to Western Australia’s coast, focussing on Ningaloo Reef.
An Australian Institute of Marine Science study recently found the steepest drop in coral growth on the Great Barrier Reef in at [...]
2008 was the year that scientists realised that the humble manta ray (Manta birostris) might not be a a solitary species as initially thought. First described by the naturalist Johann Julius Walbaum back in 1792, the manta ray grows in excess of 7.6m (>25ft) and weighs up to 2300kg [...]
The Guardian, 2nd January 2008
One of the world’s top climate scientists has written a personal new year appeal to Barack and Michelle Obama, warning of the “profound disconnect” between public policy on climate change and the magnitude of the problem.
With less than three weeks to go until Obama’s inauguration, Professor James [...]
Glen De’ath and Katherina Fabricius, two co-authors from the recent science paper on the decline in coral calcification on the Great Barrier Reef were interviewed by Australian ABC radio this afternoon. Listen online below, or read on after the jump for a transcript.
[audio:http://67.220.225.10/~clim2165/cs/audio/20090102-am07-coral-decline.mp3]
update: fixed the link to the correct interview.
As we’ve covered here before at Climate Shifts, the build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has the potential to slow the growth of reef-building corals by increasing the acidity of the world’s oceans. By burning immense amounts of fossil fuels, humans have increased the concentration of carbon [...]
Are we preventing a new ice age by burning greenhouse gases and increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere? Steve Vavrus presented a study at the annual American Geophysical Union meeting on Dec 17 suggest exactly that scenario. Furthermore, he suggested that humans started impacting climate thousands of years ago via deforestation and agriculture.
SAN FRANCISCO [...]
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