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The World’s biggest Ice Sheet is more vulnerable to Global Warming than...

By Chris Stokes, Durham University and Guy Paxman, Durham University | – The eastern two thirds of Antarctica is covered by an ice sheet so large that if it melted the sea would rise by 52 metres...

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Climate Emergency: Marine Life Endangered as Mediterranean Heats Up

By John Spicer, University of Plymouth | – The ocean sustains all life on our planet. It provides food to eat and oxygen to breathe, while playing a key role in moderating our climate. But marine life...

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What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It’s losing ice faster than...

By Alun Hubbard, University of Tromsø | – I’m standing at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, mesmerized by a mind-blowing scene of natural destruction. A milewide section of glacier front has...

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Nine out of 10 marine Species could disappear by 2100, Scientists warn

( Sustainability Times) – If the planet continues to warm at current rates, by the end of the century as many as 90% of marine species will be at risk of going extinct. This stark warning comes from a...

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Climate Emergency: Typhoon Merbok, fueled by unusually warm Pacific Ocean,...

By Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks | – The powerful remnants of Typhoon Merbok pounded Alaska’s western coast on Sept. 17, 2022, pushing homes off their foundations and tearing apart...

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Scientists Conclude Climate Change Contributed to 1/3 of Pakistan being Under...

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The massive monsoon floods that affected 33 million people in Pakistan, destroyed 1.3 million homes, turned the southern province of Sindh temporarily into a new inland...

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Desalinating Seawater sounds Easy, but there are cheaper and more sustainable...

By Gregory Pierce, University of California, Los Angeles | – (The Conversation) – Coastal urban centers around the world are urgently looking for new, sustainable water sources as their local supplies...

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Our Atmospheric CO2 is now past the point that in the Deep Past has Meant the...

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – So as a historian, I am particularly interested in what the past tells us about the present. I’ve taught courses on climate change in history. But of course my kind of...

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Dear Gov. DeSantis: Ian isn’t a once-in-500-years Flooding event, it is the...

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has abruptly been handed an honest-to-God crisis that may distract him from his usual antics of trolling Venezuelan asylum-seekers, firing...

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2022 Revealed how Major Arctic Climate Shifts endanger People, Ecosystems and...

By Matthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder; Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks; and Twila Moon, University of Colorado Boulder | – In the Arctic, the freedom to travel, hunt...

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Climate Crisis: Oceans heating up as though we were Constantly Blowing up...

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released talking points for its report on 2022, warning that the oceans are getting alarmingly hotter every year. The...

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“Plasticosis:” Seabirds that swallow Plastic Waste have Diseased, Scarred...

By Matthew Savoca, Stanford University | – As a conservation biologist who studies plastic ingestion by marine wildlife, I can count on the same question whenever I present research: “How does plastic...

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New Research shows how rapidly Ice Sheets can Retreat: Antarctica’s Melt...

By Christine Batchelor, Newcastle University and Frazer Christie, University of Cambridge | – The Antarctic Ice Sheet, which covers an area greater than the US and Mexico combined, holds enough water...

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Rapid Heating of Oceans Frightens Scientists: Threatens Marine Life, Coastal...

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The oceans are hot. They are hot in a way that surprises and distresses climate scientists, Everyone knew they would heat up because of the climate emergency. But no one...

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Carbon Dioxide in our Atmosphere hits High not seen for Millions of Years,...

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Monday that parts per million of carbon dioxide in our planet’s atmosphere averaged 424 ppm in the...

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Oceans absorb 30% of our CO2 Emissions; Phytoplankton are Central to its...

By Tyler Rohr, University of Tasmania; Anthony Richardson, The University of Queensland; and Elizabeth Shadwick, CSIRO | – The ocean holds 60 times more carbon than the atmosphere and absorbs almost...

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Hurricanes push heat deeper into the Ocean than Scientists realized, boosting...

By Noel Gutiérrez Brizuela, University of California, San Diego and Sally Warner, Brandeis University | – (The Conversation) – When a hurricane hits land, the destruction can be visible for years or...

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Fractured Foundations: how Antarctica’s ‘landfast’ Ice is Dwindling and why...

By Alexander Fraser, University of Tasmania; Christine Weldrick, University of Tasmania; Laura Dalman, University of Tasmania; Matthew Corkill, University of Tasmania and Pat Wongpan, University of...

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Corals are starting to Bleach as Global Ocean Temperatures hit Record Highs

By Ian Enochs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | – The water off South Florida is over 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in mid-July, and scientists are already seeing signs of coral...

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