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Despite the setback of the failed mission of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory, two other missions – Aquarius and Hydros – are planned that will provide scientists and researchers vital data into the state of Earth’s climate and the effects human activity has in climate change and global warming.

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The poles are warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the globe, what immediate and long-term actions must we take to mitigate the worst consequences of climate change?

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Researchers studying fossil corals show that climate change can cause much more rapid and significant sea level rise than previously thought.

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Ocean acidification is discussed by researchers from the Scripts Institute of Oceanography

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The United Nations releases the World Fisheries and Aquaculture Report

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Rising sea levels cause major problems as they erode and flood coastlines and as they mix salt water with fresh water. Coastal communities could face significant losses in fresh water supplies as saltwater intrudes inland.Dear EarthTalk: With all the talk of rising seas, what could happen to the rivers that flow into the oceans? Will they reverse flow? Will rising seas back up into fresh water lakes? And what happens to our groundwater should saltwater flow backwards into it?
– Sandy Smith, concerned Michigander

Continue Reading Earthtalk: Rising Seas and Buying a New Car Vs. Keeping a Well-Maintained Used Car

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Earthtalk is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine

Schools should not only be encouraged to switch to recycled paper but to cut paper usage as well. Students can reduce paper waste significantly by printing on both sides of a sheet and by not printing too many draftsDear EarthTalk: I want to convince my high school to go green. What would it cost for a school to switch to all recycled paper products and all energy efficient lighting?
-Danel Berman, via e-mail

Continue Reading Earthtalk: Greening Your School and the Climate and the Environmental Impacts of Ocean Water Desalinization

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desert_drought.jpgThe American Geophysical Union, meeting this week in San Francisco for their annual conference, released a report discussing the potential for abrupt climate change and the likely impacts it would have on the United States.

Continue Reading U.S. Could Experience Impacts of Climate Change Sooner Than Expected

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ocean acidification more urgent than previously thoughtWe reported earlier this year about the rising acidity of the world’s oceans as a consequence of increasing levels of C02 in the atmosphere – as well as how it may likely impact oceans for the coming century.

Continue Reading New Study Finds Accelerated Ocean Acidification at 10 Times the Expected Rate