Posts Tagged ‘Climate change’

 

Climate change: Scottish shellfish threatened

Friday, April 19th, 2019

Scottish shellfish are at risk from an invasion of tiny Japanese sea creatures known as schizoporella japonica. The orange-red sea creatures are thought to be spreading with the help of climate…

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Shellfish under threat from acidic oceans

Monday, February 18th, 2019

For the past few million years the world’s oceans have existed in a slightly alkaline state, with an average pH of 8.2. Now, with carbon emissions escalating, there is more…

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Rising Ocean Temperatures Catastrophe

Friday, January 25th, 2019

Last year was the hottest ever measured, continuing an upward trend that is a direct result of manmade greenhouse gas emissions. The key to the measurements is the oceans. Oceans…

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Insight: 2018, a year for climate change

Monday, December 24th, 2018

Early signs of catastrophe are everywhere in 2018, in floods, wildfires, freezing conditions – and the paralysis of human efforts to combat them, writes Ilona Amos. It’s not every day…

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Blue Carbon forum launched

Monday, November 5th, 2018
A new research programme will measure the ability of Scotland’s marine environment to store carbon dioxide and mitigate against the effects of climate change. It will be driven by the...
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