By Sara Novak, Living / Health15 September 2012 The far reaching implications of global warming are becoming clear, from mass extinctions to underwater islands, monstrous storms and everywhere in between, but what about the increasing effect on public health? It falls under the radar, but in actuality, the siren is getting louder each year. So […]
By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist28 September 2012 Jelawat in the Western Pacific is forecast to curve across Okinawa and the Japan mainland, bringing flooding rain, monstrous seas, and damaging winds. According to World Weather Expert Jason Nicholls, “It has turned northward as forecast and is projected to turn northeastward this weekend with direct, dangerous […]
By Matt Walker, Editor, BBC Nature28 September 2012 Great apes, such as gorillas, chimps, and bonobos, are running out of places to live, say scientists. They have recorded a dramatic decline in the amount of habitat suitable for great apes, according to the first such survey across the African continent. Eastern gorillas, the largest living […]
When we compared the average annual spring and summer (March-August) temperatures to the number of large wildfires burning across all 11 Western states, we observed a relationship similar to that reported by Westerling, et al.; years with higher-than-average spring and summer temperatures also tended to be years with more large fires. Seasonal temperatures are a […]
Contact Kim Fulton-Bennett, kfb@mbari.org, (831) 775-1835 21 September 2012 Chasing gas bubbles in the Beaufort Sea In the remote, ice-shrouded Beaufort Sea, methane (the main component of natural gas) has been bubbling out of the seafloor for thousands of years. MBARI geologist Charlie Paull and his colleagues at the Geological Survey of Canada are trying […]
By Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent, www.guardian.co.uk24 September 2012 The Persian Gulf, Libya, and Pakistan are at high risk of food insecurity in coming decades because climate change and ocean acidification are destroying fisheries, according to a report released on Monday [pdf]. The report from the campaign group Oceana warns of growing food insecurity, especially […]
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter25 September 2012 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian government is planning to build at least 23 new hydroelectric dams in the country’s Amazon region, of which seven are set to be installed in the heart of the region, in previously untouched areas of one of the most biodiverse […]
By Miguel Llanos, NBC News24 September 2012 The Cleveland Browns football team hosted a special pregame show on Sunday: a waterspout seen from the lakeside stadium before sputtering out harmlessly. It was one of 13 waterspouts reported over Lake Erie on Sunday and part of what’s already a record year for sightings on the Great […]
By Jason Samenow26 September 2012 Another monster typhoon has spun up in the western Pacific. Following super typhoon Sanba that ripped across Okinawa and then into South Korea, super typhoon Jelawat is also eyeing Okinawa before a possible encounter with Japan. Jelawat is the equivalent of a category-4 hurricane, with peak sustained winds of 150 […]
26 September 2012 (University of Bristol) – Speaking at the Third International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World this week in Monterey, California, Dr Daniela Schmidt, a geologist from the University of Bristol, warned that current rates of ocean acidification are unparalleled in Earth history. Dr Schmidt of Bristol’s School of Earth Sciences […]
