Category Archives: ocean acidification

Measuring carbon’s impact in our ocean

Posted on 22 October 2013 by Peter Boyer

A new Antarctic experiment seeks answers to one of the biggest questions about our planet: how will acidifying ocean waters affect marine life? [22 October 2013 | Peter Boyer] Mutual dependence is a common thread running through the story of … Continue reading →

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A clarion call for climate action in US Senate

Posted on 30 December 2012 by Peter Boyer

In this YouTube video, recorded on 5 December 2012, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) speaks at length in the US Senate on the campaign of doubt run by deniers of human-induced global warming and the increasingly urgent need for … Continue reading →

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Wake-up calls from the real world

Posted on 23 October 2012 by Peter Boyer

What sort of climate calamity will it take to stir humanity into action? [23 October 2012 | Peter Boyer] There’s a lot of black humour about in climate science circles these days. Here’s a sample from a CSIRO seminar on … Continue reading →

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