Tag: climate change
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New Report Examines Complex Threats Facing Our Oceans
By Adam Novak A new study, Valuing the Ocean from Stockholm Environment Institute, takes an in depth look at the various challenges that threaten the health and stability of our ocean’s health. The study has divided the threat to the oceans into six categories: acidification, warming, hypoxia, sea level rise, pollution, and the overuse of marine resources.…
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President Obama Issues Executive Order to Prepare U.S. For Impacts of Climate Change
By Rob Moore On Friday President Obama issued an Executive Order on climate preparedness, directing federal agencies to begin identifying and removing barriers to actions that would, “increase the Nation’s resilience to climate change while ensuring continued protection of public health and the environment.” Agencies have been given nine months to identify those barriers and report…
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Pacific Ocean Warming at Fastest Rate in 10,000 Years
Just how rapid is the current rate of warming of the ocean? There is an interesting new article by Rosenthal and collaborators in the latest issue of the journal Science, “Pacific Ocean Heat Content During the Past 10,000 Years” that attempts to address this question. The article compares current rates of ocean warming with long-term paleoclimatic evidence from…
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Regeneration Stories in Scarred Times: My Son, Our Planet
Ever since my son was diagnosed with a rare ocular syndrome and retinal scarring last winter, I have found myself returning to the promise of regeneration—in our stories, our health and our ecosystems. When it comes to our health, the potential for regenerative medicine seems to be growing. I have plowed through reams of scientific…
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How High Will Sea Levels Rise?
By Chris Carnevale Answering the question of “how high will seas rise” is tricky. Perhaps the best response is “it depends.” There are many factors that interact in complex ways that will help determine future sea level rise. But fortunately, there are scientists much smarter than I who have done the legwork and presented their…