Climate Change

Short-Term • Marine • Air & Land • Donate

The divisions among these topics are somewhat subjective, and you may feel free to just ignore them if they don't suit you. The truth is that the ecosystem is all connected, and making any actual division among these items is difficult. It's not like the urgency is less on the long-term effects; it will just be longer until we see the long-term effects of what we do today.

Short Term Effects on Wildlife, Health and the Food & Water Supply

• The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean's phytoplankton
  (The Independent, 29 July 2010)
• Jellyfish invasion shuts down UK nuclear plant (One News Page, 30 Jun 2011)
• Explosion in Jellyfish Numbers May Lead to Ecological Disaster, Warn Scientists
  (Common Dreams, 13 Jun 2011)
• World Bank Says to End Biofuels Subsidies (Technology Review, 10 Jun 2011)
• Climate shifts 'hit global wheat yields' (BBC, 6 May 2011)
• Food prices: World Bank warns millions face poverty (BBC, 14 Apr 2011)
• Shifting spring Arctic plankton blooming up to 50 days earlier now (Washington Post, 6 Mar 2011)
• Soaring Food Prices (New York Times, 5 Feb 2011)
• India's hidden climate change catastrophe (The Independent, 2 Jan 2011)
• 'No Fish Left Behind' Approach Leaves Earth With Nowhere Left to Fish (Science Daily, 3 Dec 2010)
  Though not strictly climate-caused, this issue may be aggravated by changing environments.
• U.N. environment chief: 'We are destroying life on Earth' (MSNBC, 18 Oct 2010)
• Bee decline already having dramatic effect on pollination of plants (The Telegraph, 6 Sep 2010)
• The Coming Food Crisis (Climate Progress, 27 Aug 2010)
• Acidified oceans reduce the ability of coastal marine life to fight infections (GeoJunk, 8 Aug 2010)
• The world's first really green oil deal (The Independent, 8 Aug 2010)
• Prey Fish Turns Predator (Discovery News, 3 Aug 2010)
  Though not strictly climate-caused, we may see more of this as the environment changes.
• Ocean Acidification: The other carbon-dioxide problem (The Economist, 1 Jul 2010)
• A World Without Flowers (Science Magazine, 15 Jun 2010)
• Desert spreading like 'cancer' in Middle East (Middle East Online, 2 Apr 2010)
• Billionaire oilman T Boone Pickens makes his move on water (ft.com, 26 Mar 2010)
• Death of Coral Reefs Could Devastate Nations (ABC News, 25 Mar 2010)
• Coal-Fired Plants Gulp 1.5 Trillion Gallons of Water and We're Left to Drink the Dirty Backwash
  (AlterNet, 23 Mar 2010)
• Growing low-oxygen zones in oceans worry scientists (The Miami Herald, 7 Mar 2010)
• Global Cooling? Tell It to the Jellyfish (Truthout.org, 16 Jan 2010)
• Climate change puts ecosystems on the run (Stanford University News, 24 Dec 2009)
• Global warming threatens to rob Italy of pasta (Times Online, 15 Nov 2009)
• Himalayan sherpas bugged by the sight of house flies at 5,000m (Guardian, 12 Oct 2009)
• Interior Department drops Bush plan to allow more logging (Los Angeles Times, 17 Jul 2009)
• Cassavas get cyanide hike from carbon emissions (New Scientist, 14 Jul 2009)
• Africa alone could feed the world (New Scientist, 27 Jun 2009)
• Ozone hole has unforeseen effect on ocean carbon sink (New Scientist, 26 Jun 2009)
• African farms becoming too hot to handle (New Scientist, 17 Jun 2009)
• Reviving American Chestnut Tres May Mitigate Climate Change (Science Daily, 15 Jun 2009)
• Poor farmers to guard Earth's crop riches (New Scientist, 13 Jun 2009)
• Climate Change Models Find Staple Crops Face Ruin On Up To
  One Million Square Kilometers Of African Farmland (Science Daily, 5 Jun 2009)
• Brazi'ls other big forest in dire straits (New Scientist, 9 May 2009)
• ‘Super Reefs’ Fend Off Climate Change, Study Says' (Science Daily, 23 Apr 2009)
• Pets may become latest victims of climate change (New Scientist, 8 Apr 2009)
• Resistant wheat to tackle destructive fungus (New Scientist, 20 Mar 2009)
• Fish numbers drop as reefs take a bashing (New Scientist, 19 Mar 2009)
• Reef Fish Threatened by Coral Loss (Science Now, 19 Mar 2009)
• Conservationists deciding which species to survive (New Scientist, 8 Mar 2009)
• Birds Move North With Climate Change (Science Daily, 5 Mar 2009)
• Global Warning: Hotter Days, Increased Hospitalizations For Respiratory Problems
  (Science Daily, 24 Feb 2009)
• Bleak forecast on fishery stocks (BBC, 13 Feb 2009)
• World treaty to block illegal sea fishing (New Scientist, 8 Feb 2009)
• Ocean rubbish dump could lock away carbon (New Scientist, 30 Jan 2009)
• Climate Change Killing America's Trees at Ever Faster Rates (Wired, 22 Jan 2009)
• Fish ‘an ally’ against climate change (New Scientist, 16 Jan 2009)
• How Healthy Are America's Coasts? (Science Daily, 29 Dec 2008)
• Global Warming Impacts on U.S. Coming Sooner Than Expected, Report Predicts
  (Science Daily, 18 Dec 2008)
• Squid in acid: What future oceans hold in store (New Scientist, 16 Dec 2008)
• Mercury Tarnishes Louisiana Fish (Science Daily, 1 Dec 2008)
• Climate Change Opens New Avenue For Spread Of Invasive Plants (Science Daily, 30 Nov 2008)
• Influence of Climate Warming on The Increase in Tick-borne Diseases (Science Daily, 29 Nov 2008)
• Ocean Growing More Acidic Faster Than Once Thought; Increasing Acidity Threatens Sea Life
  (Science Daily, 26 Nov 2008)
• Energy Agency warns of 6 °C rise in temperatures (New Scientist, 6 Nov 2008)
• Conservationists may be overestimating wildlife habitat (New Scientist, 8 Nov 2008)
• Climate change is driving increase in tiger attacks (New Scientist, 21 Oct 2008)
• Tropical Rainforest and Mountain Species May Be Threatened by Global Warming
  (Science Daily, 10 Oct 2008)
• World's common birds ‘declining’ (BBC News, 22 Sep 2008)
• North American fish swimming toward extinction (New Scientist, 20 Sep 2008)
• Dying Frogs Sign of a Biodiversity Crisis (Science Daily, 17 Aug 2008)
• Climate ‘altering UK bird habits’ (BBC News, 15 Aug 2008)
• Eat kangaroo to ‘save the planet’ (BBC News, 9 Aug 2008)
• Rising Energy, Food Prices Major Threats to Wetlands as
  Farmers Eye New Areas for Crops (Science Daily, 27 Jul 2008)
• Crop-production Cost Will Jump Dramatically In 2009, Study Predicts (Science Daily, 25 Jul 2008)
• Feds: Climate change to cause ‘irreversible’ health risks (USA Today, 17 Jul 2008)
• Forests to fall for food and fuel. (BBC News, 13 Jul 2008)
• ‘Alarming’ plight of coral reefs (BBC News, 10 Jul 2008)
• A biofuel food-price bombshell (Salon, 04 Jul 2008)
• Alaska salmon may bear scars of global warming (Los Angeles Times, 15 Jun 2008)
• Pesticides blamed for plummeting salmon stocks (New Scientist, 9 Jun 2008)
• Should all Arctic species be red-listed? (New Scientist, 30 May 2008)
• Long era of cheap food is over (BBC News, 29 May 2008)
• Biodiversity loss costs six percent of world income (Physorg.com, 17 May 2008)
• Wildlife populations ‘plummeting’ (BBC News, 16 May 2008)
• US ordered to act on polar bear (BBC, 29 Apr 2008)
• Editorial: The Trouble With Salmon (The New York Times, 15 Apr 2008)
• Whales In Hot Water: Global Warming's Effect On World's Largest Creatures
  (Science Daily, 23 May 2007)

Coral Reefs, Algae and the Marine Ecosystem

• Giant red crabs invade the Antarctic abyss (New Scientist, 7 Sep 2011)
• We are killing our oceans faster than ever (An Average American Patriot, 27 Mar 2011)
• A warmer ocean is a less green one (Discover, 28 Jul 2010)
• Massive Coral Mortality Following Bleaching in Indonesia (Science Daily, 17 Aug 2010)
• Demise of coral, salamander show impact of Web (Yahoo! News, 21 Mar 2010)
• Worse Than Peak Oil? We're Quickly Running Out of a Chemical Essential to Growing Food.
  (AlterNet, 17 Mar 2010)
• Acidified landscape around ocean vents foretells grim future for coral reefs (The Guardian, 21 Feb 2010)
• Global Warming Causes Outbreak Of Rare Algae Associated With Corals, Study Finds
  (Science Daily, 13 Sep 2009)
• Caribbean reefs 'flattened' in just 40 years (New Scientist, 10 Jun 2009)
• Hungry shrimp eat climate change experiment (New Scientist, 25 Mar 2009)
• Ocean Becoming More Acidic, Potentially Threatening Marine Life (Science Daily, 23 Feb 2009)
• Hot Southern Summer Threatens Coral With Massive Bleaching Event (Science Daily, 28 Dec 2008)
• Time Running Out On Coral Reefs As Climate Change Becomes Increasing Threat
  (Science Daily, 10 Dec 2008)
• Scientists solve riddle of toxic algae blooms (Times Colonist, 22 Jul 2008)
• Acidifying Oceans Add Urgency to Carbon Dioxide Cuts (Science Daily, 6 Jul 2008)
• Acidic ‘champagne sea’ nothing to celebrate for corals (New Scientist, 8 Jun 2008)
• Ocean Life Under Threat From Climate Change (Science Daily, 6 Jun 2008)
• Marine Life Gasping for Breath (Science/AAAS, 1 May 2008)
• Oceanic Acidity: Researcher Outlines Coral's Future In An Increasingly Acidic Ocean
  (Science Daily, 22 Feb 2006)

Ecosystem of the Land and Air

• Forests across the world dying off as climate warms:
  Scientists say the future habitability of the Earth may be at stake (MSNBC, 1 Oct 2011)
• As Texas Dries Out, Life Falters and Fades (New York times, 14 Aug 2011)
• We've Entered the Age of Mass Extinction: Goodbye Fish and a Whole Lot More (Alternet, 8 Aug 2011)
• Attenborough aghast at global decline of butterfly population (The Independent, 26 Mar 2010)
• Earth's Life Support Systems Failing (Common Dreams, 14 Oct 2009)
• How Humans Have Disrupted The Nitrogen Cycle (Science Daily, 5 Jun 2009)
• Human emissions could bring 'irreversible' climate chaos (New Scientist, 27 Jan 2009)
• How kangaroo burgers could save the planet (New Scientist, 25 Dec 2008)
• Tropics No Longer Museum Of Plant Biodiversity (Science Daily, 10 Dec 2008)
• Climate Change Caused Widespread Tree Death in California Mountain Range, Study Confirms
  (Science Daily, 15 Aug 2008)
• Study Shows Continued Spread of ‘Dead Zones’ (Science Daily, 15 Aug 2008)
• ‘Serious concern’ over seabirds (BBC News, 11 Jul 2008)
• Global Limits of Biomass Energy (Carnegie Institution for Science, 3 Jun 2008)
• Climate Change Could Impact Vital Functions of Microbes (Science Daily, 8 Jun 2008)
• New Zealand seeks to curb livestock's gas emissions (Los Angeles Times, 7 Jun 2008)
• Unique biodiversity hotspot faces destruction (New Scientist, 2 Jun 2008)
• Editorial: Troubled Oceans (New York Times, 31 May 2008)
• Warming threat worse in tropics (LA Times, 5 May 2008)
• Indian vultures circling towards extinction (New Scientist, 30 Apr 2008)
• Poison ice (Salon, 30 Apr 2008)
• Confirmed: Deforestation Plays Critical Climate Change Role (Science Daily, 11 May 2007)

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