Via Phys.org
Kelp loss is happening along the coasts likely due to climate change.
Climate Change
A new study argues that fish will eventually reach a point where they can't get enough oxygen in the ocean to sustain normal growth and therefore fish will be smaller in the future.
Via The Guardian
Cameron, Virginia could be the first town in the US to be fully submerged by sea level rise, but most of the residents don't believe in climate change. This article lets them explain why.
While likely not threat, in a worst-case scenario melting ice could unearth active volcanoes that would spew carbon into the atmosphere, accelerating an already alarming rate of climate change.
Via The Guardian
"Norway’s plan to ramp up oil and gas production in the Arctic threatens global efforts to tackle climate change, according to a new study."
Via Earth and Space Science News
"A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics discussed increasing ocean alkalinity as an alternative method of carbon sequestration in response to climate change."
"The draft report by scientists from 13 federal agencies, which has not yet been made public, concludes that Americans are feeling the effects of climate change right now. It directly contradicts claims by President Trump and members of his cabinet who say that the human contribution to climate change is uncertain, and that the ability to predict the effects is limited."
"Imagine you are a little crab living on a shore covered with large rocks and deep pools, and battered by tides and waves. The only way to find your lunchtime snack would be to smell it from a distance. But the same also applies to the octopus hunting you. So you, the crab, also rely on smelling the octopus first to avoid being eaten. What if this was no longer possible?"
"Community initiatives in Seychelles to combat climate change were highlighted this month in a documentary on CNN’s Inside Africa."
Via Nature
"Revised tallies confirm that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating as the Earth warms and ice sheets thaw."
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