Science Daily writes: Fifty miles out to sea from San Diego, in the middle of April, under a perfectly clear blue sky, fisheries scientists leaned over the side of a rubber inflatable boat and lowered a juvenile loggerhead sea turtle into the water. That turtle was a trailblazer -- the first of its kind ever released off the West Coast of the United States with a satellite transmitter attached. Read …
Coral reefs around the world are adapting to climate change, according to the latest data from a study by the France-based Institute for Development Research (IRD), writes SciDev.Net. Read the full story here.
Studies find West Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting fast. But a new look at the ancient past suggests it once pushed sea levels up by three metres, writes the Guardian. Read the full story here.
Global warming will eventually push 1 out of every 13 species on Earth into extinction, a new study projects, writes YAHOO News. Read the full story here.
WA marine researchers predict a not-so-bright future for Western Australian seagrass meadows as frequency of extreme warming events sets to double-- read about this research by the University of Western Australia.
Nature World News writes: Methane comes from a variety of sources, both natural and man-made. This includes methane-munching microbes that live in rocks in the deep sea, helping to control this potent greenhouse gas. But now new research shows that ocean currents may be hindering these critical methane-eating bacteria, thus contributing to global warming. Read the full story at Nature World News here.
From CSIRO Snapshot: We have been reunited with an old friend. We met a long time ago, 22 years in fact, and we certainly left our mark during that first meeting. Now with a long passage of time behind us, we are keen to find where she has been all this time. We are, of course, talking about this stunning southern bluefin tuna (SBT). Tagged in 1993, the fish …
The Mercury writes: LAST summer’s discovery of swordfish in Tasmanian waters could trigger a stampede of well-heeled recreational fishers from interstate and overseas. Fishing enthusiast Leo Miller said eastern Tasmanian waters were suddenly shaping up as one of the best fishing grounds for one of the world’s most sought after game fish. Mr Miller said he believed swordfish had always been common in Tasmanian waters, near the edge of the …
For many people, the barrage of scientific facts and figures about climate change can make it a difficult topic to understand, writes ABC Radio National. Scientists in Western Australia are trying to change that by getting ordinary people to engage with climate change through art - read the full story here.
Some scientists have suggested that global warming could melt frozen ground in the Arctic, releasing vast amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, greatly amplifying global warming, reports Science Daily. It has been proposed that such disastrous climate effects could be offset by technological approaches. One such proposal is to artificially whiten the surface of the Arctic Ocean in order to increase the reflection of the …