Tag Archives: Southern Ocean

We need a weather eye on the ocean

The world ocean is the biggest heat store on the planet and a determining factor in global climate, yet we continue to overlook what’s happening there. [22 June 2010 | Peter Boyer] We know a lot about the land that we live on, … Continue reading

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Fragile ice, fragile credibility

“Climategate” scandals make no difference to the mounting evidence that our planet is warming. [2 February 2010 | Peter Boyer] “Good grief, after climategate and the email scandal we are still talking about carbon and man made climate change?” asked a … Continue reading

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Needed: an army of fisher-folk to help unravel the sea’s secrets

Our oceans bear some disturbing tidings about the state of our planet, which we need urgently to attend to. Redmap is a Tasmanian initiative that seeks to involve fishing people in mapping changes to our coastal marine environment. [15 December … Continue reading

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