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 …
Single-cell organisms called microbes are rapidly devouring the ancient carbon being released from thawing permafrost soil and ultimately releasing it back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, according to new research, reports Science Daily. Increased carbon dioxide levels, of course, cause the Earth to warm and accelerate thawing. Read the full story here.
The monetary value of the world’s oceans has been estimated at US$24tn in a new report that warns that overfishing, pollution and climate change are putting an unprecedented strain upon marine ecosystems, writes The Guardian newspaper. Read the story here.
Sea life near volcanic seeps may offer clues as to how animals will adapt to global warming and ocean acidification, writes the New Yorker. Read the full story here.
In a world-first study, scientists have transplanted kelp off the coast of Tasmania to better understand the impact of climate change, writes ABC Online. The kelp, which grows from northern New South Wales around to Western Australia, provides an ecosystem for hundreds of marine species. Now it is thinning and becoming patchy because of warming waters. Read the full story here at ABC Online.
Popular North Sea fish such as haddock, plaice and lemon sole could become less common on our menus because they will be constrained to preferred habitat as seas warm, according to a study; and reported in Science Daily. Fish distributions are limited by water temperature and some species can only thrive in certain habitats and depths. In the last 40 years the North Sea has warmed four times faster …
Two new studies have just hit about the “warm blob” in the northeast Pacific ocean — a 2 degree Celcius or more temperature anomaly that began in the winter of 2013-2014 in the Gulf of Alaska and later expanded, write the Washington Post. Read the full story here.
Using a multigenerational experiment research has shown for the first time that when reef fish parents develop from early life at elevated temperatures they can adjust their offspring's sex through non-genetic and non-behavioral means, writes Science Daily. Read more here.
Stresses from climate change such as rising temperatures and increasing ocean acidity can edge an organism closer and closer to the brink of death without visible signs, writes Science Daily. Read about the new research here.