by Admin | Aug 12, 2015 | Articles, Climate Change, Environmental hazards
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have been studying underwater volcanic vents to see what kind of effects excess CO2 has on ocean ecologies. Human activity has severely increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, which in turn increases the amount of CO2...
by Admin | Aug 11, 2015 | Articles, Climate Change
The world’s forests do a lot of work to counteract carbon emissions, breathing in that CO2 so trees can grow. Many climate change models have assumed that trees will continue to do so at a pretty consistent rate, which will help offset humanity’s carbon footprint....
by Admin | Aug 7, 2015 | Articles, Climate Change
The effects of global climate change have largely been negative so far, especially in the world’s oceans. For Galapagos penguins however, climate change might be a boon. The small penguins were added to the endangered species list in 2000 when their population dropped...
by Admin | Aug 3, 2015 | Articles, Climate Change
Among the many problems caused by global climate change is a general warming of the oceans. While this may sound pleasant to the average swimmer, it has already begun to have devastating effects on ocean ecosystems. For some species of fish, an increase of average...
