Shifting patterns of animal migration spurred by changing climate is already clearly evident for many land-based species. Research by the Sea Around Us Project at the University of British Columbia recently published in the journal Global Change Biology suggests the same will likely happen for ocean fisheries as well. The conclusion is that warming oceans will impact 1,066 species, from krill to shark.
Continue Reading World Fish Populations Will Shift With Changing Climate
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More American believe climate change has nothing to do with them
Greenwire reporter Ben Geman reports on a recent Pew Research Center survey that shows fewer Americans believe there is “solid evidence” of global warming (despite the increasing solid evidence) and that if global warming does exist, human activity plays little or no part in it.
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Human activity is changing climate in ways not seen on Earth for at least the past 200,000 years. That’s the conclusion of new research published earlier this week in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, adding to the “large pile of evidence” that current climate change has diverged from the natural cyclical variation typical throughout the planet’s history, says the study’s lead author Yarrow Axford, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Colorado’s Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research.
Continue Reading Ancient Sediments from Arctic Lake Add to Evidence of Anthropogenic Warming
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NOAA is expanding its network of ocean and atmospheric CO2 monitors on remote mooring stations at sea.
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Both environmental and timber industry leaders praised Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s plan for overhauling how the U.S. Forest Service manages the nation’s forests. The plan focuses on forest conservation and restoration.
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The Audubon Society of North America has released a report showing more than half of North American bird species have shifted their ranges northward in response to climate change.
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In a run-up to the United Nations COP 15 Climate Change Conference this December, the Scientific Congress on Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges, and Decisions got under way today in Copenhagen.
Continue Reading International Scientific Congress on Climate Change: Day One from Copenhagen
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UK researchers have published the first ever study assessing the impact of global warming on the elderly in the UK. Their report includes suggestions for older people, institutions and policy makers o…
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