UK TSB INVESTS £7M IN FUEL CELLS AND HYDROGEN by Fuel Cell Today Staff
source : Fuel Cell Today date written : 15/02/2010
UK TSB Invests £7m In Fuel Cells and Hydrogen The UKs Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has announced that it to fund 15 demonstration projects for both transport and stationary applications to the value of £7 million (US$4.5 million) Iain Gray, chief executive of the Technology Strategy Board, said: “By providing capital funding towards the cost of demonstration, this important ....
source : Petrobas Magazine date written : Dec 2009
Distribuidora has inaugurated the first solar charging station in the Southern Hemisphere to serve electric vehicles and is getting ready to inaugurate the first Latin American service station to supply hydrogen-powered vehicles. Geraldo Falcão / Petrobras Image BankCommitted to the environment, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the demand for nonfossil fuel vehicles, innovation, and a vision ....
Declining Coral Calcification on the Great Barrier Reef by Glenn De'Ath and team
source : Australian Institute of Marine Science date written : Jan 2010
Declining Coral Calcification on the Great Barrier Reef
Glenn De'ath,* Janice M. Lough, Katharina E. Fabricius
Reef-building corals are under increasing physiological stress from a changing climate and ocean absorption of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide. We investigated 328 colonies of massive Porites corals from 69 reefs of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in Australia. Their ....
Coral Can Recover From Climate Change Damage by Professor Peter Mumby
source : University of Exeter date written : Jan 2010
Coral can recover from climate change damage
A study by the University of Exeter provides the first evidence that coral reefs can recover from the devastating effects of climate change.
Published Monday 11 January in the journal PLOS One, the research shows for the first time that coral reefs located in marine reserves can recover from the impacts of global warming.
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Change in sea surface pH caused by anthropogenic CO2 between the 1700s and the 1990sOcean acidification is the name given to the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans, caused by their uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.[1] Between 1751 and 1994 surface ....
Chalk one up for coccolithophores by Various - Oxford, Cardiff, NOC
source : Internet website date written : 29/04/2008
Chalk one up for coccolithophores
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Scientists have feared that gradual acidification of the world’s oceans would wreak havoc with organisms that build protective outer shells. But a new finding shows at least three species of coccolithophores — single-celled algae that are major players in the ocean’s cycling of carbon — are responding ....
Beware the "evil twin" of climate change by Charles Glover
source : Sunday Times date written : 19/12/2009
In the unlikely event that the theory of man-made climate change turns out to be bunkum, says Charles Clover, the world will still urgently need to slash carbon emissions. This is because of the acidification of the seas - a phenomenon "just as alarming" as global warming. Since the start of the Industrial Revolution in about 1750, the growth in carbon emissions has caused sea-water acidity ....
Hydrogen Power for Vehicles - COP15 by Monty Halls (Senior)
source : Wikipedia date written : 20/12/2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_vehicle#Airplanes - this website gives an idea of the potential of hydrogen to power vehicles (with the hydrogen derived (and stored) directly from the sun via photovoltaic cells). In conjunction with Carbon Capture and Storage, it must now be worth considering. What are the COP15 delegates doing about this practical application to the problems of ocean acidification ....
UK Climate Targets 'Unachievable' by Matt Mc Grath
source : BBC News - Science and Environment date written : 13/11/2009
UK climate targets 'unachievable' By Matt McGrath Science reporter Stimulating algal growth could soak up more CO2 says scientists UK government plans to make carbon emission cuts of 80% by 2050 are physically impossible to achieve, according to a new analysis. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers says there is not enough time or capacity to build the wind turbines and extra nuclear power stations ....
source : BBC News Website - Environment date written : 12/11/2009
Marine Bill enters final stages
The Bill includes measures to open up the entire length of England's coastline
The Marine and Coastal Access Bill, which will establish a series of marine conservation zones around England and Wales, is set to finally become law.
Critics say the measures, which will ban fishing in certain coastal areas, will not offer enough ....
Recovering Scotland's Marine Environment by Jenny Fyall
source : The Scotsman date written : 13/10/2009
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source : Scottish Association for Marine Sciences date written : Oct 2009
An iron-clad partnership Critically low levels of iron in seawater are inhibiting the growth of microscopic marine microalgae responsible both for the absorption of carbon dioxide into the oceans and the production of much of the oxygen we breathe.
A study by SAMS researchers and their international collaborators, published online this week by Proceedings of the National Academy of ....
source : BBC News website Science and Nature date written : 26/10/2009
'Freezer plan' bid to save coral By Matt McGrath BBC News, Copenhagen Coral reefs are a key source of food, income and coastal protection The prospects of saving the world's coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples to preserve them for the future. A meeting in Denmark took evidence from researchers that most coral reefs will not survive even if tough regulations ....
Action on Shark Finning by Scottish Government Release - Listen
source : Scottish Government date written : 11/10/2009
Listen Action on shark finning 11/10/2009 A ban on fishermen removing fins from sharks whilst their vessels are at sea will come into force in Scotland within weeks. Earlier this year Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead announced plans to tighten up procedures in Scotland's seas. Now Scotland is to go a 'significant step further' by strengthening an absolute ban on the 'barbaric' practice of shark ....
Arctic seas turn to acid, putting vital food chain at riskWith the world's oceans absorbing six million tonnes of carbon a day, a leading oceanographer warns of eco disaster
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Sharks pay high price as demand for fins soar by Ian Sample
source : The Guardian date written : 31/8/2006
Sharks pay high price as demand for fins soarsConservation group criticises EU move as world populations plunge
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A Thai worker waits for clients outside a shark fin restaurant in Bangkok. Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty
Diverse Fish Reduce Coral Disease by Richard Black
source : BBC News (Science and Nature) website date written : 05/10/2009
Diverse fish reduce coral disease
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website
Black band disease is one of six studied in the Philippines
Coral reefs where lots of different kinds of fish swim are healthier than overfished ones, scientists have shown.
Researchers showed a reduced incidence of coral disease in ....
Pacific Nation Declares Itself Shark Haven by Andrew C Revkin
source : DOT Earth date written : 25/09/2009
The Pacific island nation of Palau has declared all of its waters a sanctuary for sharks. The archipelago, famed among biologists and divers for its rich marine life, has seen increases in illegal shark fishing, driven by the high prices paid for shark fins in China. I met President Johnson Toribiong earlier this week as the United Nations climate summit ended, and he described the problems, which ....
source : Scottish Sea Anglers Conservation Network date written : 26/09/2009
Shark Trade Limits Endorsed by EU Sep 24th, 2009 | By ssacn | Category: Other Organisations Germany wins EU blessing to propose spiny dogfish and porbeagle sharks for listing under CITES SSACN are delighted at Monday’s decision by European Union (EU) Member States to support Germany’s proposals to provide protection for spiny dogfish sharks (Squalus acanthias) and porbeagle sharks (Lamna ....
China Vows Climate Change Action by BBC News Staff
source : BBC News Website date written : 22/09/2009
China vows climate change action
Hu Jintao: "We endeavour to cut carbon dioxide emissions...by a notable margin"
China will increase efforts to improve energy efficiency and cut CO2 emissions, President Hu Jintao has told a UN climate change summit in New York.
Mr Hu said the measures would mean emissions would grow less quickly than the economy, but gave no ....
Shark Rescue is here by Shark Rescue Examiner (Hong-Kong)
source : e-mail date written : 21/09/2009
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source : BBC News Website date written : 16/09/2009
Doctors warn on climate failure
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website
The authors believe climate change will increase rates of malnutrition
Failure to agree a new UN climate deal in December will bring a "global health catastrophe", say 18 of the world's professional medical organisations.
How Global Warming sealed the fate of the World's Coral Reefs by David Adam
source : Guardian,co.uk date written : 02/09/2009
How global warming sealed the fate of the world's coral reefsDestroyed by rising carbon levels, acidity, pollution, algae, bleaching and El Niño, coral reefs require a dramatic change in our carbon policy to have any chance of survival, report warns
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A SECOND NORTH SEA BONANZA ? by The Week Health and Science Staff
source : The Week - Issue 730 date written : 29/08/2009
Our reserves of oil in the North Sea may be running out, but we could stand to earn up to £4bn a year from the region nevertheless, says the Sunday Times. A new report by scientists at Edinburgh University has found that layers of rock under parts of the seabed owned by Britain are better suited to Carbon Capture and sequestration (CCS) than those of any other northern European country. The majority ....
source : http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2009/sep/02/coral-world-interactive date written : 02/09/2009
Coral reefs around the worldParadise lost? Global warming has all but sealed the fate of the world's coral reefs. Follow our interactive guide of reefs to see before they die
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Shark Tagging Mission is under way by Lorna Gordon BBC News Scotland
source : http://news-bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/8093628.stm date written : 12/06/2009
Shark tagging mission under way
A Sharkatag event is currently under way in the waters off the Dumfries and Galloway Coast. Organised by the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network, it hopes to provide valuable data on shark numbers and behaviour.
BBC News Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon joins a group of anglers in pursuit of an unusual catch.
Global warming is caused by the build-up of Greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. These gasses are the inevitable result of our use of carbon based materials [coal, petroleum, natural gas] to generate the energy which drives our society. These materials generate heat by combining with oxygen in an exothermal reaction [ie: gives off heat ....
Ocean Acidification - Calcifying Phytoplankton by Jean-Pierre Gattuso
source : European Project on Ocean Acidification date written : June 2008
Near-future level of CO2-driven ocean acidification radically affects larval survival and development in the brittlestar Ophiothrix fragilisUsing functional genomics to explore the effects of ocean acidification on calcifying marine organisms »Ocean acidification: documenting its impact on calcifying phytoplankton at basin scales
By Jean-Pierre Gattuso
In this paper, we evaluate several ....
Ocean Acidification on benthic biodiversity by Lina Hansson
source : European Project on Ocean Acidification date written : June 2009
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Over fishing Threatens Shark Extinction by Alok Jha
source : Guardian.co.uk date written : 25/06/2009
Fishing puts a third of all oceanic shark species at risk of extinctionThe first World Conservation Union (IUCN) red list of oceanic sharks names 64 species as endangered. Sharks are vulnerable because they take decades to mature and produce few young
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Student film highlights plight of the oceans by Ann Marin-Nisumaa
source : PML News date written : 23/03/2009
A group of students from Ridgeway School in Plymouth have made their concerns about the state of the world’s oceans clear through a hard hitting film. ‘The Other CO2 Problem’ is a seven and a half minute animation starring characters from King Poseidon’s Kingdom beneath the sea and laments the fact that Doctorpus, Britney Star, Michelle Mussel, Derek the Diatom and other subsea creatures are suffering ....
Ocean Acidification threatens underwater ecosystems by Jonathon Leake
source : Times On Line date written : 28/02/2008
From Times OnlineFebruary 23, 2008
Ocean acidification threatens underwater ecosystemsJonathan Leake, The Sunday Times
Scientists studying Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may have detected the first signs of impact of ocean acidification after finding a sharp cut in growth rates in some corals.
Oceans become acidic when carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by humanity ....
source : Telegraph.co.uk date written : 24/04/2009
Drowning in plastic: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is twice the size of France There are now 46,000 pieces of plastic per square kilometre of the world's oceans, killing a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals each year. Worse still, there seems to be nothing we can do to clean it up. So how do we turn the tide? Last Updated: 11:02PM BST 24 Apr 2009 Previous1 of 4 ImagesNext A shark carcass ....
'Clean' Coal Plants Get Go-Ahead by BBC News Website Compilers
source : BBC News Website date written : 23/04/2009
'Clean' coal plants get go-ahead
Latest newsHow it works Tech option 2 Tech option 3 Carbon burial
Ed Miliband on capturing coal carbon emissions
The government has given the go-ahead for a new generation of coal-fired power plants - but only if they can prove they can reduce their emissions.
Paving the Road to COP15: Adaptation and Outreach by Osvaldo F Canziani
source : Copenhagen Climate Change website - blog date written : 20/03/2009
HomeBlogsBlogsMenu Climate Thinkers Blog Behind the scenes About the blogs Blog Paving the road to COP15: Adaptation and outreach Climate Change brings remarkable modifications in weather events and climate, the last tending to a new climate geography. Should greenhouse emission rates continue to increase, society, which is already affected by climate change, will suffer these changes more severely. ....
source : The Week - Issue 707 of 21st March 2009 date written : 21/3/2009
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The road to catastrophe
Scientists issued a desperate plea to world leaders last week to act on global warming or face the" devastating" consequences. More than 2,500 climate experts from 80 countries meeting in Copenhagen warned that, with new research suggesting sea levels are set to rise twice as fast as predicted in 2007, there ....
World's leading scientists i n desperate plea to politicians to act on climate change by Richard Alleyne
source : Telegraph Co date written : 13/3/2009
World's leading scientists in desperate plea to politicians to act on climate change
The world's leading scientists yesterday issued a desperate plea to politicians to act on climate change, amid warnings that without action the world faces decades of social unrest and war.
By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent in Copenhagen
Last Updated: 8:29AM GMT 13 Mar 2009
Pollution to devastate shellfish by turning seas acidic by Richard Alleyne
source : Daily telegraph date written : 10/3/2009
Pollution to devastate shellfish by turning seas acidic Pollution is making the seas so acidic that it could devastate aquatic life, scientists claim. By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent in Copenhagen Last Updated: 5:50PM GMT 10 Mar 2009 Scallops: The study, by scientists at Bristol University, presented at a climate summit in Copenhagen, predicts 'dangerous' levels of ocean acidification Photo: ....
THREATS FROM OCEAN ACIDIFICATION by Roger Harrabin - BBC News Environment Analyst
source : BBC News Website (Science and Nature) date written : 11/03/2009
Threats from ocean acidification
Acid test Explanation
By Roger Harrabin
Environment analyst, BBC News
Many shellfish struggle to survive as seawater becomes more acidic
Carbon dioxide emissions from human activities are acidifying the oceans and threaten a mass extinction of sea life, a top ocean scientist warns.
source : BBC News Website date written : 25/02/2009
CO2 'highest for 650,000 years'
By Richard Black
Environment Correspondent, BBC News website
Gas bubbles trapped in ice store valuable climatic information
Current levels of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere are higher now than at any time in the past 650,000 years.
SLOW PROGRESS ON OCEAN PROTECTION by Richard Black
source : BBC Environment Correspondent date written : 20/11/2008
Slow progress on ocean protection
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website
Protected areas should also replenish catches for fishers, scientists say
Less than 1% of the world's oceans have been given protected status, according to a major survey.
Governments have committed to a target of protecting 10% by ....
source : Collection of 'Articles' - this website date written : 11/12/2008
JELLYFISH AND CHIPS - (PRESSING THE ANTHROPOGENIC SELF-DESTRUCT BUTTON) OCEAN ACIDIFICATION - BIOGEODYNAMICS There is a forlorn hope that spraying 7 billion tonnes per year of fossil carbon (in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2)) from the combustion of coal, oil and gas into the atmosphere will have little impact on the chemical structure of the atmosphere and the oceans. Sadly, this is not the case. ....
London Marathon Motivation by Monty Halls (Senior and Junior)
source : e-mail distribution date written : 06/02/2009
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ACID OCEANS 'NEED URGENT ATTENTION' by BBC news science and nature staff
source : BBC news website date written : 31/01/2009
Acid oceans 'need urgent action'
The oceans are thought to have absorbed about half of the extra CO2 put into the atmosphere in the industrial age
This has lowered its pH by 0.1
pH is the measure of acidity and alkalinity
The vast majority of liquids lie between pH 0 (very acidic) and pH 14 (very alkaline); 7 is neutral
Seawater is mildly alkaline with ....
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION - The other CO2 problem by Tom Marshall
source : Natural Environment Research Council - Planet Earth date written : 05/01/2009
Ocean acidification - the other CO2 problem
5 January 2009
Climate change has many dangerous consequences, but few of them have risen to prominence as quickly as the threat of ocean acidification. Tom Marshall explores the problem.
In the last half-decade the issue has climbed high up the environmental research agenda from almost-total obscurity. But its consequences ....
source : BBC News Website/IPCC date written : 30/01/2007
Panel warns on Great Barrier Reef
The reef is a huge tourist attraction
Australia's famous Great Barrier Reef could be dead within decades because of the effects of global warming, according to a leaked report.
The report, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warns that the reef's coral could be bleached because of warmer seas.
source : BBC News Website date written : 03/01/2009
Coral reef growth is slowest ever By James Morgan Science reporter, BBC News
Porites and other corals provide habitat for thousands of species. Coral growth in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has slowed to its most sluggish rate in the past 400 years. The decline endangers the species the reef supports, say researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. They studied massive ....
source : BBC News Website date written : 17/12/2008
Changes 'amplify Arctic warming'
By Jonathan Amos
Science reporter, BBC News
Open water should result in warmer air temperatures in Autumn
Scientists say they now have unambiguous evidence that the warming in the Arctic is accelerating.
Computer models have long predicted that decreasing sea ice should amplify temperature changes ....
Rise in CO2 affrects Jumbo Squid by BBC News Website
source : BBC date written : 16/12/2008
Rise in CO2 'affects jumbo squid'
Jumbo squid can weigh up to 50kg and grow to two metres in length
Jumbo squid, common to the eastern tropical Pacific, may become rarer if current climate change continues.
Writing in the journal PNAS, researchers say the squids' lifestyle could be strongly influenced by changes in ocean acidity.
Scientists confirm oceans acidifying at unprecedented speed
The acidification of the world’s oceans, caused by the absorption of huge volumes of carbon dioxide, is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, threatening marine ecosystems and the livelihoods of tens of millions of people, concluded scientists attending the Second International Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO2 World held in Monaco ....
Ocean Acidification Impacts by EPOCA (European Project on Ocean Acidification)
source : Oceana date written : 17/11/2008
Report: Ocean’s web of life imperiled by greenhouse gases
Corals, lobsters, clams and many other ocean creatures — including some at the bottom of the food chain — may be unable to withstand the increasing acidity of the oceans brought on by growing global-warming pollution, according to a report from the advocacy group Oceana.
Based on scientific findings of the past several ....
Impact of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Calcifiers by UCAR
source : St Petersburg Workshop 18 - 20 April 2005 date written : 20/04/05
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RESEARCH FINDINGS of the past decade have led to mounting concern that rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (C02) concentrations will cause changes in the ocean's carbonate chemistry system, and that those changes will affect some of the most fundamental biological and geochemical processes of the sea. Thanks to the efforts of large-scale physical ....
Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website, Barcelona
Losses are great, and continuous, says the report
The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study.
The Creation of Artificial Reefs by BBC Science and Nature
source : BBC Website date written : 18/06/07
The Creation of Artificial Reefs
Written by BBC Science and Nature (Animals) - Take It Further on 18/06/07
If you mentioned the word ‘reef’ to most people they would instantly think of a picturesque tropical reef with schools of brightly coloured fish swimming through clear waters past sponges, sea fans and a multitude of different corals. Within the tropics this may well be ....
Iceland - Fossil fuels to Hydrogen-based Economy by Monty Halls (Senior)
source : Internet date written : 13/06/2008
Icelandic withdrawal from fossil-fuel based economy.
Written by Monty Halls (Senior) on 13/06/08
In co-operation with other Scandinavian countries, Iceland is now well advanced in the technology drive to distance itself from a carbon fossil fuel based economy. Thermal and hydroelectric energy is being used to extract hydrogen to power electric fuel cells in a variety of transport ....
The world's oceans at risk from rising acidity by Steve Connor
source : The Independent date written : 23/05/08
A significant increase in the acidity of the Pacific Ocean has been detected by scientists, who believe it could upset the delicate balance of marine ecosystems and lead to their collapse.
Rising ocean acidity is one of the results of increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and scientists are concerned that the phenomenon could make it impossible for key species ....
Coral reefs under threat from humanA third of reef corals are threatened with extinction because of climate change and other human activities such as fishing and coastal development, scientists have warned.
A study published in the journal Science assessed 845 tropical reef-building species using the International Union for Conservation of ....
Ocean Acidification - Plankton hold surprise for Climate Research by Jessica Marshall
source : Discovery News date written : 17/04/08
Plankton hold surprise for climate research
Amid concerns about the damage that rising levels of CO2 will do to the oceans, including to corals and other species, there seems to be good news for at least one group of creatures.
Biological oceanographer M. Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez of the National Oceanography Center at the University of Southampton, U.K., found that one species ....
Anthropogenic Ocean Acidification over the 21st Century and its Impact on Calcifying Organisms by Many International
source : Nature date written : 29/09/05
Search This journal All of Nature.com Advanced search Journal home > Archive > Article > Abstract Article Nature 437, 681-686 (29 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/nature04095
Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty-first century and its impact on calcifying organisms
James C. Orr1, Victoria J. Fabry2, Olivier Aumont3, Laurent Bopp1, Scott C. Doney4, Richard A. Feely5, ....
source : Pacific North West Laboratories date written : 11/12/06
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Mileage from megawatts: Study finds enough electric capacity to "fill up" plug-in vehicles across much of the nation
RICHLAND, Wash. – If all the cars and light trucks in the nation switched from oil to electrons, idle capacity in the existing electric power system could ....
Could US scientists 'CO2 Catcher' help slow warming ? by David Adam (New York)
source : Guardian 31st May 2008 date written : 31/05/08
Could US scientist's 'C02 catcher' help to slow warming? David Adam New York It has long been the holy grail for those who believe that technology can save us from catastrophic climate change: a device that can "suck" carbon dioxide (C02) from the air, reducing the warming effect of the billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas produced each year. Now a group of US scientistS say they have made ....
Wildlife Populations Plummeting by Royal Zoological Society of London
source : BBC News Website date written : 16/05/2008
Wildlife populations 'plummeting'
Over-fishing and demand for their fins as a delicacy have hit shark numbers
Between a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to data compiled by the Zoological Society of London.
Populations of land-based species fell by 25%, marine by 28% and freshwater by 29%, it says.
Introducing hydrogen power
Release date: 30 June 2005
BP's plan to generate electricity from hydrogen and capture carbon dioxide could set a new standard for cleaner energy
BP is developing the world's first industrial scale project to generate electricity using hydrogen manufactured from natural gas to create "decarbonized fuels", reducing carbon dioxide emissions by around ....
Ocean Acidification - Technical Information by Royal Society of London
source : Royal Society - Plymouth University date written : 30 June 20
Carbon Capture and Storage
Ocean acidification
Scientists are becoming increasingly worried about ocean acidification, a direct result of the increase in atmospheric CO2 levels. On 30 June 2005, the Royal Society of London published a Report on why this is important:
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere dissolves in the ocean, and makes it acid.
This ....
Lemon Sharks and Dogfish - Hyperbaric Sensitivity ?? by Lauren Smith
source : Jan Savill date written : March 2008
Sharks could be used to predict the weather as research by a marine biology student claims, it has emerged.
Lauren Smith, 24, is close to completing her PhD studies into the pressure sensing abilities of sharks.
If her studies prove the theory, scientists in future could monitor the behaviour of sharks to anticipate severe weather fronts.
Her research took her to the Bahamas ....
James Lovelock is one of the world's truly extraordinary scientists. For the last 35 years, he has worked independently from home, where he has consistently produced world-class science. His electron capture detector was the first to show us that low levels of pesticides were present throughout the natural world. ....
Status of the World's Coral Reefs by Clive Wilkinson
source : Australian Institute of Marine Science date written : Feb 1998
STATUS OF THE WORLD'S CORAL REEFS REPORT
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THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE
Foreword
Coral reefs are particularly important to millions of people around the world as sources of high quality protein, medicinal, and cultural products. They also provide raw materials for dwellings along the coast, and protect fragile shorelines from storm damage ....
Krill, Fishing Threatens the Antarctic by Juliette Jowit - The Observer
source : British Antarctic Survey - Antarctic Krill Conservation Project date written : 23/03/2008
Krill fishing threatens the Antarctic. Intensive harvesting of the tiny crustaceans for fish food and Omega 3 puts ecosystem at risk
Juliette Jowit, environment editor The Observer, Sunday March 23 2008 Article historyAbout this articleClose This article appeared in the Observer on Sunday March 23 2008 on p19 of the News section. It was last updated at 00:51 on March 23 2008.
Penguins ....
source : The Week/ Great Ocean Adventures/Websites date written : 22/03/08
Story 1 - The Week Mar 08
In what looks like a rare act of altruism across species, a bottlenose dolphin has saved two beached whales from almost certain death off the coast of New Zealand. Rescue workers had spent hours trying in vain to guide the pygmy sperm whales through a narrow channel to open sea. They were about to give up when Mako ¬who is well known to users of Mahia Beach ....
Over the last 100 years, the global sea level has risen by about 10 to 25 cm.
Sea level change is difficult to measure. Relative sea level changes have been derived mainly from tide-gauge data. In the conventional tide-gauge system, the sea level is measured relative ....
Climate Change Controversies - A Simple Guide by Various
source : The Royal Society date written : Apr 2007
Climate change controversies: a simple guide
The Royal Society has produced this overview of the current state of scientific understanding of climate change to help non-experts better understand some of the debates in this complex area of science.
This is not intended to provide exhaustive answers to every contentious argument that has been put forward ....
Sharks and Coral Reefs (One year on) by Monty Halls (Senior)
source : Menu 'Articles' Summary date written : 10/03/08
It is almost one year now since the formation of the SCCT and it seems like a good time to summarize conclusions drawn from 'Scientific Articles' and conversations over the period.
SHARKS. In spite of conservation efforts, the practice of 'finning' still continues and is exacerbated by a huge increase in the value of the fins (from about £35.00/kilo some twenty years ago to more ....
Shark Species face extinction amid overfishing and appetite for fins by Alok Jha
source : The Guardian date written : 18/02/2008
Call for marine reserves to protect migration hotspots as Scientists fear decline will affect other species.
Nine more species of shark are to be added to the endangered list as scientists warn that oceans are being emptied of. the fish by overfishing and finning.
The scalloped hammerhead shark, which has declined by 99% ....
I am delighted to say that we have our first firm booking for the 90-minute audio/visual and picture presentation designed to raise awareness of the need for both shark and coral conservation if we are to hand over a reasonable level of 'stewardship' to our offspring ( and seafood variety stemming from these 'ecosystem balances'). The presentation also examines the likely future impact of progressive ....
Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification by O. Hoegh-Guldberg,h P.). Mumby,2 A.]. Hooten,3 R. S. Steneck,4 P. Greenfield,S E. Gomez,6 C. D. Harv
source : Science date written : Oct 2007
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration is expected to exceed 500 parts per million and global temperatures to rise by at least 2°C by 2050 to 2100, values that significantly exceed those inferred for the past 420,000 years during which most extant marine organisms evolved. Under conditions expected in the 21st century, global warming and ocean acidification will compromise carbonate accretion, with ....
An exchange of views on Marine Reserves and Trophic Cascades by Various UK and USA
source : Vol 311 - Science (www.sciencemag.org) date written : Jan - Apr
Effect of Nassau grouper on parrotfishes
To investigate the feasibility of grouper consuming parrotfishes of various sizes, we
established two allometric scaling relationships. Firstly, the relationship between gape
width (G) and total length (TL) was established for the dominant predator, E. striatus, using
seven anaesthetised individuals within the reserve. ....
Introduction
What is a Coral Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef
Global Warming
What's Happening
Coral Bleaching
The Future of Reefs
What can be done
References ....
Microbial Ecology and Evolution:A Discussion at Metagenomics 2006 by Kayo Arima
source : Scripps Genomics Centre, Michigan State University date written : Dec 2007
GRADIENT OF HUMAN IMPACT
Anthropogenic influence on the marine environment was studied in Kingman, Palmyra, Fanning and Christmas islands. These islands exhibit a gradient of human population. Kingman island has no people, Palmyra has 15 people, Fanning has 1000 people and Christmas has 10,000 people. Reef fish biomass density was also analysed by atolls and consumer classes. Inverted trophic ....
Habitat Conservation
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Habitat conservation for wild species is one of the most important issues facing the environment today - both in the ocean and on land. As human populations increase, land use increases, and wild species have smaller spaces to call home. More than half of Earth's terrestrial surface has been altered due to human activity, ....
Marine Balances and Climate Engineering by The Week Staff
source : The Week of 23rd November 2007 date written : 23 Nov 07
Briefing NEWS 13 Engineering the world's climate Politicians seem incapable of taking decisive action on climate change. Some scientists think it's now up to them to avert catastrophe
What is forecast for the world? For all the international talk about clean technologies and cutting C02 emissions, the amount of C02 in the atmosphere today exceeds the most pessimistic ....
Oceans are 'soaking up' less CO2 by BBC News Website
source : BBC Website date written : 20/10/07
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Oceans are 'soaking up less CO2'
The study was carried out over the course of a decade
The amount of carbon dioxide being absorbed by the world's oceans has reduced, scientists have said.
University of East Anglia researchers ....
source : Water Encyclopaedia date written : 25/09/06
The ocean, that vast body of water covering 71 percent of the Earth's surface, is divided into four major basins: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic Oceans. These large basins are interconnected with various shallow seas, such as the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the South China Sea. Oceans and seas abound with life, ranging from microscopic unicellular (one-celled) organisms to ....
I am sending two websites which I am sure would be of interest to Ben Bradshaw in the attempt to increase the range of Marine Reserves in UK waters.
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mpa/index.html - - This site displays the increase (to nearly 30% of sea area) of Marine Reserves in coastal Australia - mainly concentrating on the Great Barrier ....
Tourism Vs Traditional Fishing by Cabrera Socorro. G., Cabrera Socorro. A
source : Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife date written : Aug 2004
Document Title: PASOS: Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural, 2004 (Vol. 2) (No. 1) 1-16
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The Marine Reserve of La Graciosa Island and the islands of the North Lanzarote was created in 1995 and, since then, the fishing activities of the local population and their local culture of the sea have been decreasing progressively, while tourist activities are emerging. This paper ....
US National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks by US National Shark Research Consortium
source : National Marine Fisheries Service (USA) date written : Feb 2001
Editorial Comment:
This is an objective report on the state of shark species and their conservation by species, area, fisheries and fishing methods. It is based on the best combined data available. It is too lengthy to reproduce in full and therefore only the table of contents is reproduced below.
The report is available through the following website link:
Shark Depredation and unwanted Bycatch in Pelagic Longline Fisheries by Regional Seas Programme
source : UNEP date written : June 2007
Editorial Comment:
This is a 217-page report produced after research based on long-line fisheries in Australia, Chile, Fiji, Italy, Peru, South Africa and the USA (Hawai) and describes the long-line fishing gear used and the attempt to manage unwanted bycatch (sea birds, turtles and shark species). The report discusses commercial implications and marketing considerations on the disposal ....
Ecosystems: Coral Reefs by National Marine Sanctuaries - USA
source : USA - National Marine Sanctuaries date written : 03/01/2001
Ecosystems: Coral Reefs Natural and Anthropogenic Influences
Coral reef ecosystems are complex, dynamic, and sensitive systems. Although they are geologically robust and have persisted through major climactic shifts, they are however, sensitive to small environmental perturbations over the short-term. Slight changes in one component of the ecosystem affect the health of other components. ....
ENVIRONMENT A film with unique underwater footage reveals the wonder and the tragedy of our coral reefs
RIFE WITH LIFE Himanshu Malhotra
Do you know that every time we gingerly place a shell, coral or sea urchin in the showcase of our drawing rooms as a curio, we are abetting a crime? A crime as per the Wildlife ....
Ongoing Collapse of Coral Reef Shark Population by William Robbins
source : James Cook University , Queensland, Australia date written : 10/12/2006
News Item entry - 10th June 2007
Article date - Dec 10 - 2006
Investigators have revealed that coral reef shark populations are in the midst of a rapid decline and that 'no-take' zones - reefs where fishing is prohibited - do protect sharks, but only when compliance with no-take regulations is high. The findings, reported by William Robbins and colleagues at James Cook University, ....
Shark trade restriction bid fails by Richard Black
source : BBC News date written : 08/06/2007
Shark trade restriction bid fails By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website, The Hague
Efforts to protect porbeagles were narrowly defeated Attempts to restrict trade in two threatened shark species through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have failed.
Delegates voted down EU proposals to limit trade in ....
Be nicer to sharks by The Week Scientific Reporting Staff
source : The Week date written : 07/04/2007
Be nicer to Sharks.
They are viewed as our natural enemies, but we need the big predatory sharks to survive, not least to protect the humble scallop. Experts have warned that the drastic decline of shark numbers is having a knock-on effect on a whole range of smaller species, reports The Guardian. Ecologists from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia have found that overfishing the largest ....
Cascading Effects of the loss of Apex Predatory Sharks from a Coastal Ocean by Ransom A. Myers,1 Julia K. Baum,1 Travis D. Shepherd,1 Sean P. Powers,2 Charles H. Peterson3*
source : Dalhousie University date written : 30/03/2007
Impacts of chronic overfishing are evident in population depletions worldwide, yet indirect ecosystem effects induced by predator removal from oceanic food webs remain unpredictable, As abundances of all 11 great sharks that consume other elasmobranchs (rays, skates, and small sharks) fell over the past 35 years, 12 of 14 of these prey species increased in coastal northwest Atlantic ecosystems, ....
Sharks are vital for Coral Reef Health by Enric Sala
source : Scripps Institute of Oceanography - New Scientist Article date written : 23/04/2005
Sharks are vital for the health of coral reefs, a model of the food web in a reef suggests.
According to the model, created by Enric Sala of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, and colleagues, the removal of top predators allows lesser predators such as groupers to thrive, leading to a reduction in the number of algal feeders such as panrotfish. That makes ....
source : Arabian Wildlife Magazine date written : 24/07/2004
Are we witnessing a gradual process leading inexorably to the total demise of sharks on Arabian coral reefs? Throughout the world sharks are under such intense attack by Man that their numbers have declined to the point where certain species are now threatened with extinction. The situation in the Red Sea is also critical and some areas that were until recently renowned for their richly productive ....
Call for marine reserves to protect migration hotspots as Scientists fear decline will affect other species.