Ever wondered where the wise investment in the property market is going to be under the IPCC projected scenarios? Check out the Sea Level Rise Explorer over at Global Warming Art:
During the twentieth century, sea level rose 20 cm. It is predicted that sea level rise [...]
This past May, my lab surveyed 20 reefs in Belize from Bacalar Chico in the north, down to the Sapodilla Keys in the south. It was a fantastic expedition. We had great weather and very calm seas. I was amazed at how wild much of coastal Belize still is. We saw manatees in [...]
New research from the journal Science shows that arctic temperatures are higher now than they have been for the past 2000 years. Using ice cores, tree rings and lake sediments, Kaufmann et al were able to establish a comprehensive record of decadal change within the region, revealing that four of the five warmest decades [...]
The GBRMPA report Ove covered yesterday and several related reports about the threats to and economic value of coral reefs made international headlines today.
from Reuters:
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest living organism, is under grave threat from climate warming and coastal development, and its prospects of survival are [...]
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority released it’s Outlook Report 2009 today (direct link to PDF’s here). The report is a independently peer reviewed assessement of the impacts of climate change, catchment runoff, fishing, coastal development and an array of other impacts on the reef. Alongside the [...]
Many people have observed the striking increases in sharpnose pufferfish on Caribbean reefs this year. You can read accounts of the explosion here and here (hint: click “next message” to scroll through them). The sharpnose puffer is a small (3-4 cm), goofy (or cute depending on your perspective) fish that hovers around the bottom [...]
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