Solutions are bubbling up! Coral bleaching and ice sheet melting are bringing the heat, but at least we’ve got one idea to combat ocean acidification! Find out more on the Shum Show with Climate Central’s Multimedia Journalism Fellow, Greta Shum.
Carbon dioxide isn’t just in the atmosphere—it’s in the ocean, and it’s having some very disturbing side effects. Meteorologist Bernadette Woods Placky makes the connection between ocean acidification and a warming planet.
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Coral reefs have had a rough run over the past two years. Climate change has ratcheted up ocean temperatures and El Niño helped kick them into overdrive in parts of the world. All that heat kicked off what has been a major coral die-off around the globe. While El Niño has passed its peak, scientists have warned that the global coral die-off, known
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The West Antarctic is one of the most remote places on the planet, but its fate is intimately tied with hundreds of millions living along the world’s coastlines. That’s because it’s frozen expanse contains enough ice to raise sea levels by up to 13 feet. There’s been multiple warnings of growing instability across the region and the possibility of
MoreNews about a sizzling year and a carbon-sucking ocean. This and more in a wrapup of the week in weather and climate news with Climate Central's Greta Shum.
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