oceans

Fish Lose as Talks Collapse

Posted by Dustin Cranor | Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 6:44pm
doha talks collapse

Yesterday was a definitely a sad day for the oceans.

Categories: Destructive Fishing, Dirty Fishing, Overfishing | Keywords: Doha Round, Dustin Cranor, fish, Fisheries Subsidies, oceans, World Trade Organization, WTO

Elly's Hot Topics: Acidification or Science Fiction?

Posted by elly | Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 6:41pm

Ocean water dissolving the shells of marine life? Sounds like the plot of a science fiction movie, but for many shelled marine organisms it's a reality due to anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide. With the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide at its highest point in the last 650,000 years, the oceans are becoming more acidic as the water turns carbon dioxide into carbonic acid.

Categories: Global Warming | Keywords: anthropogenic carbon emissions, carbonic acid, Climate Change, corals, elly's hot topics, Global Warming, ocean acification, oceans, science fiction, shelled marine life
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