Category Archives: oceans

Shanghai Skyline Could Worsen Threat of Rising Seas

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Shanghai, China’s most populous city and an aspiring global financial center, is also among the world’s most vulnerable urban areas to a rise in sea levels as global warming melts polar ice. Its location on a low-lying alluvial plain near … Continue reading →

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Why is Peru getting colder while the rest of the world heats up?

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Scientists are using everything from a yellow submarine to weather balloons and special airplanes to solve a climate conundrum: why is Peru getting colder while the rest of the world heats up? Researchers from Europe, the United States and South … Continue reading →

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Scientists to boost Southern Ocean CO2 monitoring

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Oceans absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide and the Southern Ocean between Australia and Antarctica plays the greatest role of all the world’s oceans, scientists say. The problem is there is no permanent monitoring of the Southern Ocean because of … Continue reading →

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Coral Reefs are Dying Due to Pollution Caused by Us

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Coral reefs like Chitales, near the northern tip of a Caribbean reef chain stretching from Mexico to Honduras, are dying around the world as people and cities put more stress on the environment. Climate change alone could trigger a global … Continue reading →