Our rapidly changing climate is shrinking ecological ranges of many species to the point where extinction is a real likelihood within the next couple of decades. One option is to move these species to new habitats where the future might be rosier. A number of us discussed this during a workshop in 2008 and produced [...]
I work at an inland university in chilly upstate New York. Around here, many people feel a little global warming is good and there is really nothing that they can see or hear that will make them feel differently. News of warming sea surfaces and bleached coral reefs inspire little response when there’s [...]
Classic article by The Guardian which seems to nicely sum up the state of science reporting by the general media these days:
This is a news website article about a scientific paper
In the standfirst I will make a fairly obvious pun about the subject matter before posing an inane question I have [...]
Kuwait loses 90 % of corals reefs in the Arab Gulf
“The comprehensive survey, conducted by the team, included the major locations of coral reefs 50 miles along the shores and 70 km from the southern coast borders, with depths ranging from 1-13 meters.”
Scientists watching V.I. coral bleaching
“The water temperatures [...]
Just when my friend Andrew Bolt thought it was safe to go in the water again, up jumps this ominous New York Times article.
By JUSTIN GILLIS, New York Times, Septempber 20, 2010
This year’s extreme heat is putting the world’s coral reefs under such severe stress [...]
Adam Morton The Age September 10, 2010 FOR those who think the worst climate-change projections would become a reality no matter what we do, think again.
According to research published today in the journal Science, global warming can be limited to 1.3 degrees above pre-industrial levels by 2060 – less than the 2-degree rise [...]
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