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They Like It Cold
Changes in sea temperatures, currents, winds, rainfall, sea levels and extreme weather events threaten to adversely affect fish and shellfish numbers. Apparently climate change will impact the biological, economic and social aspects of many fisheries. Many marine species may be lost as the climate continues to warm. This is yet [...]
25Oct2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Coral Triangle
Marine biological resources are at risk, threatened by over-fishing and other destructive practices; pollution; and climate change. The world’s richest marine region in the Western Pacific Ocean, the Coral Triangle, which spans 5.7 million square kilometers, contain 76 percent of all known coral species even if it only covers two percent [...]
22Oct2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Zero Waste
Waste recycling has always been a key to saving energy. Most of us being accustomed to recycling are easy enough to do; the benefits of recycling have been considerable. But the levels of garbage continue to rise with methane released from waste piles greatly contributed to global warming. A recording [...]
22Oct2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Smog Threatens Whales
Sounds ranging from the hum of yacht motors to sonar blasts strong enough to destroy a whale’s inner ear are wreaking havoc on the ability of these cetaceans to migrate, feed and breed. These noises create acoustic smog. This underwater cacophony caused by commercial and military ships has become so intense [...]
22Oct2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Species Going Uphill
With ecologists working their way up forested slopes of a volcano, a rare study on the impact of global warming in the tropics, global warming is driving tropical plant and animal species to higher altitudes, potentially leaving lowland rainforest with nothing to take their place. Many species would be unable to relocate [...]
22Oct2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Illegal Fishing
Illegal and destructive fishing methods, including dynamite and cyanide, destroy the corals. This calls the need to educate people (especially those considered big-time fishers who intrude the prohibited area from the shoreline) on the importance of the coastal environment to make marine preservation program successful as well as true commitments among lawmen [...]
13Sep2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Energy Savers
Innovative products that contribute towards environmental sustainability while being functionally viable are the center of R & D among companies nowadays. With a globally-relevant and timely objective of reducing consumption on energy, water and materials while reducing hazardous substances and industrial wastes, these companies committed themselves to adopting environmental friendliness as a [...]
13Sep2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Taking the Plunge
Global warming has indeed introduced itself in a lot of ways as well as social awareness to it. Different environmentalist groups have come up with programs to address these growing concern and governments from different countries as well. What is disconcerting is that industrialists seem to ignore this new crisis in exchange for [...]
20Jun2008 | blogger | 1 comment | Continued
For a Good Cause
It has been concluded that a carbon monoxide build up was causing the planet to become warmer. There are a lot of contributory factors of global warming like burning of coals, pollution caused by the rapid industrial growth, natural gasses and fossil fuels from vehicles and water vapors merging with the atmosphere. Social [...]
14Jun2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued
Lisa Simpson On Global Warming
If you still remember The Simpon’s Movie, Lisa Simpson was talking about being aware that our world is drastically changing from the effects of our current ways. She actually did a good job by making the citizens of her town to realize the bad things that could happen.
We shouldn’t wait for a Lisa Simpsons to [...]
13May2008 | blogger | 0 comments | Continued