The Oceans
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Humanity's greenhouse gas emissions may be acidifying the oceans at a faster rate than at any time in the last 300 million years.
Oceans acidifying at unprecedented speed - environment - 01 March 2012
Warmer atmosphere may be to blame for changes in water cycle By Devin Powell Web edition: April 26, 2012 Print edition: June 2, 2012; Vol.181 #11 (p. 10)
Oceans' Salinity Changed Over Last Half-century
Ocean-Borne Microbes May Help Speed Warming
Energy & Sustainability :: Advances :: April 15, 2012 :: :: Email :: Print See Inside The proliferation of cyanobacteria in oceans may accelerate warming
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Gene Therapy Could Help Corals Survive Climate Change
Energy & Sustainability :: Climatewire :: April 3, 2012 :: :: Email :: Print
How Coral Bleaching Leads to Famine
As Arctic sea ice breaks apart, massive amounts of methane could be released into the atmosphere from the cold waters beneath.
Arctic methane leaks threaten climate - environment - 22 April 2012
El Nino Climate Pattern May Influence Disease Outbreaks Globally
Health :: Climatewire :: January 30, 2012 :: :: Email :: Print New research draws a connection between climate conditions, birds and flu pandemics By Umair Irfan and ClimateWire
Melting sea ice could trigger colder winters - environment - 27 February 2012
Arctic sea ice is continuing its seemingly interminable decline, and it looks like the loss could be contributing to the recent spate of cold winters over northern Europe and North America. Researchers are still unsure about how important sea-ice loss is to winter weather.
Arctic Sea Emits Methane
Source of climate-warming gas remains uncertain, but might be microbes By Janet RaloffPlankton under sea ice may disrupt Arctic food chain - environment - 07 June 2012
The water beneath a snow-covered expanse of ice 1 metre thick hardly seems like a good home for light-loving creatures. But microscopic phytoplankton, which rely on the sun for their nutrients and form the base of Arctic food webs, have managed to thrive under ice sheets that are thinning as the poles become warmer.Melting Arctic permafrost could put even more methane – a potent greenhouse gas – into the atmosphere than previously thought, with worrying implications for the pace of global warming. Many ice sheets that sit like caps over rock crevices trap natural seeps of methane ; when they melt, the gas can quickly be released into the atmosphere in "burps".
Release of Arctic methane could accelerate warming - environment - 21 May 2012
Herky-jerky motion suggests worst-case sea level rise unlikely