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1 Man-made greenhouse gases have made Arctic a wetter place: study
CBC News
April 24, 2008
Climate change spurred by man-made greenhouse gas emissions has increased
precipitation in the North, according to a study to be published Friday.
www.cbc.ca
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2 Human Warming Hobbles Ancient Climate Cycle - Study
By Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
April 28, 2008
WASHINGTON - Before humans began burning fossil fuels, there was an eons-long
balance between carbon dioxide emissions and Earth's ability to absorb
them, but now the planet can't keep up, scientists said on Sunday.
www.reuters.com
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3 Preserving Arctic Fisheries Before Harvesting Them
By David Biello
Scientific American
April 29, 2008
In the wake of dramatically dwindling populations of salmon and other
fish, U.S. officials are grappling with ways to cut their losses—and
stave off future damage. Overfishing and environmental damage have decimated
ocean inhabitants—and climate change threatens to hurt them even
more. Just this month, the Pacific Fishery Management Council in Portland,
Ore., closed the coasts of California and Oregon to salmon fishing after
observing an alarming drop in the species population there, which plummeted
in just one river—the Sacramento— from hundreds of thousands
in the 1990s to just about 58,000 this past fall.
www.sciam.com
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4 Antarctic ice threatened by ozone-hole recovery
Global winds could accelerate melting
By Amanda Leigh Haag
Nature News
April 29, 2008
Recovery of the ozone hole above Antarctica could warm the Antarctic
and cause more ice to melt in coming decades, researchers say. As the
ozone hole heals, wind patterns that shield the interior of the polar
region from warm air may break down, causing warming in the Antarctica
as well as warmer and drier conditions in Australia.
www.nature.com
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5 'Narwhals more at risk to Arctic warming than polar bears'
By Seth Boreinstein
Associated Press
April 26,2008
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The polar bear has become an icon of global warming
vulnerability, but a new study found an Arctic mammal that may be even
more at risk to climate change: the narwhal.
www.ap.org
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6 Floating turbines may join Norway's offshore rigs
By Wojciech Moskwa
Reuters
April 29, 2008
UTSIRA, Norway (Reuters) - Giant turbines the size of jumbo jets bobbing
on the North Sea may soon become as common off Norway as oil and gas platforms.
At least that is the ambition of Norwegian authorities and industry,
eager to splash some green on their oily image and use their offshore
expertise to corner a potentially lucrative new market -- floating wind
farms in deep sea waters.
www.reuters.com
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