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Monarch Butterflies Downed By Climate Change

This year’s traditional migration of the Monarch butterfly, a beautiful large orange butterfly, from North America to Mexico, will be far smaller than last year, reports Michael Pearce at the Wichita Eagle. Its decline is a perfect example of how … Continue reading

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Fossil Fuels Causing Fastest Ocean Acidification in 300 Million Years

The world’s oceans are turning acidic much faster than any time in the past 300 million years, even more rapidly than during a monster emission of planet-warming carbon 56 million years ago. That emission caused a 5,000 year hot spell, … Continue reading

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Warming Oceans Threaten Australian Seaweeds and Sea Life – Study

A recent study indicates that the warming ocean climate will cause one-quarter of Australia’s temperate seaweed species to face extinction by 2070, reports United Press International and Discovery News. Researchers found that temperate seaweed communities have become increasingly subtropical over … Continue reading

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