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Ocean Conservation: Ocean Acidification and the Impacts of Fish Migration

Green Tech Challenge

Put simply, ocean acidification is the imbalance of chemical content in ocean water; whereby there is increased acidity, and upward temperature changes. The ocean has experienced a 26% pH drop in the last century. Ocean acidification has negative effects on sea-life and the ecosystem.

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The new vocabulary of climate change was written in Icelandic

Grist

Magnason’s book On Time and Water , recently released in the United States, is his attempt to answer that question. During the years he spent gathering research for his book, the world changed dramatically. What if the world will be saved before the book comes out?” Magnason found himself thinking. “It

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Glaciers are more than ‘frozen, sterile wastelands’

Grist

The University of Bristol professor decided to break that unspoken rule in her first book, Ice Rivers: A Story of Glaciers, Wilderness, and Humanity. “I In the book, which comes out in the United States this week, Wadham recounts three decades of her research expeditions all around the world.

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Not so moral money?

Business Green

This week the World Meteorological Organisation published a report detailing how four key climate change indicators - greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat, and ocean acidification - all set new records in 2021. What happens to the planet in year seven is actually irrelevant to our loan book.

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The Blue Economy: Importance of Ocean Conservation

Green Tech Challenge

In addition to plastic waste, 30 to 40% of carbon emissions from cars, buses, airplanes, and manufacturing plants are absorbed by the ocean, causing chemical imbalance in sea water i.e. Ocean Acidification. Make responsible choices every day; save the ocean, save humanity.

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'Climate breakdown has already begun': Green figures react to IPCC's landmark climate warning

Business Green

Does he want his premiership to be remembered as pioneering and bold - or left out of the history books because he was no match for the task at hand?". Our generation is unique in the history of this crisis. The question for Johnson is the kind of legacy he wants to leave.

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Inside the University of Chicago’s controversial solar geoengineering initiative

Grist

Solar geoengineering, for example, does nothing to ameliorate ocean acidification, which occurs when the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. His calm, matter-of-fact manner and style of writing—his book makes for a compelling read—are persuasive. Our goal is information, and solid, well-formulated science.”