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Climate Change Blamed for Alarming 26% Increase in Ocean Acidity

12/05/2014

According to Phys.org, that increase in acidity directly mirrors the proportion of carbon dioxide oceans have been absorbing ever since humans started burning massive amounts of fossil fuels for energy.

Google keeps an eye out for fish poachers

12/04/2014

Google is using it’s mapping technology to keep tabs on global fishing activity and let the public watch what ships are doing.

Damages To Coral Reef Cost Ship Owner $840,000

12/03/2014

The agency says the 733-foot bulk carrier Vogetrader with a load of coal damaged 103,027 coral colonies when it ran aground Feb. 5, 2010

A Luxury Resort Threatens Belize’s Mesoamerican Reef

12/02/2014

Foreign developers are planning a massive luxury resort on the atoll, which is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System

Watch an unmanned helicopter put out fires with help from a drone

12/01/2014

Fighting wildfires is sometimes a daunting prospect with manned aircraft; pilots can’t always fly around the clock or cover every patch of land.

WHO Study Claims Air Pollution Killed 7 Million People in 2012

11/28/2014

While the entire planet is vulnerable to air pollution, low and middle income countries such as those in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific are particularly hard-hit.

Phoebe Washburn’s Mind-Boggling Installations are Made From Scrap Wood & Cardboard

11/27/2014

Her work explores generative systems based on absurd patterns of production created by banal rules that she sets up when working on an installation.

Is Malaysia’s Rare Malaria Spike Linked to Drastic Deforestation?

11/26/2014

In Malaysia, a rare form of malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium knowlesi has leapfrogged other sources of the disease to cause 68 percent of the country’s malaria cases in 2013.