climate change
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How Will Sharks Respond To Climate Change?
They may have been around for hundreds of millions of years — long before trees — but today sharks and rays are are among the most threatened animals in the world, largely because of overfishing and habitat loss. Climate change adds another overarching stressor to the mix. So how will sharks cope as the ocean…
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What Would Happen If We Cut Down The Amazon Rainforest?
What would happen if we cut down the entire Amazon rainforest? Could it be replaced by an equal amount of reforestation elsewhere? Removing the entire Amazon rainforest would have myriad consequences, with the most obvious ones possibly not the worst. Most people will first think of the carbon currently stored in the Amazon, the world’s…
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Scientists Have Discovered an Ancient Lakebed Beneath Greenland’s Ice
Using radar and other ice-penetrating instruments, scientists have detected a “fossil lakebed” preserved beneath the Greenland ice sheet, in what is the first discovery of its kind.
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These Magnificent Whales are Adapting to Warming Water, But How Much Can They Take?
The start of November marks the end of the whale season in the Southern Hemisphere. As summer approaches, whales that were breeding along the east and west coasts of Australia, Africa and South America will now swim further south to feed around Antarctica. This annual cycle of whales coming and going has taken place for…