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State of the Oceans Report: Sending Out An SOS
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State of the Oceans Report: Sending Out An SOS

Thomas Schueneman June 21, 2011

A preliminary report released today by an international panel of interdisciplinary marine scientists on behalf of the International Programme on the State of the Oceans gives a stark warning that unless the combined threats facing the world’s ocean are not curbed soon, a marine mass extinction could occur on a scale unprecedented in human history. […]Read More

Sea Surface Surface Temperatures Lead to Coral Bleaching Across the Globe
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Sea Surface Surface Temperatures Lead to Coral Bleaching Across the

Thomas Schueneman September 23, 2010

A global coral bleaching event is underway that many scientists fear will surpass 1998, the last global coral die-off that bleached and killed 16 percent of the world’s coral. Already, rising sea surface temperatures have devastated coral off the coast of Indonesia after ocean temperatures in the coastal waters spiked to 93 degrees Fahrenheit earlier […]Read More

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