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ENVIRONMENT - February 2016

Feb 2016

Apr 09, 2016

Greenland's ice Melt

As per geoscientists, Greenland sits over an area of abnormally hot mantle material that drives a widespread melting beneath the ice sheet and rapid ice flow over a distance of several hundred km.
The researchers had to go far back into the Earth's history to explain the reason for the melting base of the world's second largest ice sheet.

Apr 06, 2016

Illegal Gold Mining

Illegal gold mining in the Amazon has a devastating effect on indigenous people. First the miners bring disease, deforestation and even murder. Then communities are left to suffer deadly mercury poisoning.
In Brazil, new statistics reveal alarming rates of mercury poisoning.
Mercury poisoning is devastating tribal people across Amazonia.
Tribal people are especially susceptible to mercury poisoning due to the large amount of illegal gold mining taking place on their lands. Mercury is used to coalesce fine alluvial gold particles into an amalgam and separate it from sand and pebbles.

Apr 03, 2016

Last Coal-fired Power Plant Goes Off

After nearly 50 years of service, Scotland’s last coal-fired power plant, Longannet Power Station, has finally gone offline, putting an end to burning coal for electricity.
It’s an important moment for Scottish Power, which looks ahead to clean power initiatives with the goal of going all-renewable by 2020.

Mar 30, 2016

Worst Coral Bleaching in Years

The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst coral bleaching in years.
According to a study, 95% of reefs from Cairns to Papua New Guinea are now severely bleached.
Out of 520 reefs, only four showed no evidence of bleaching.
Coral bleaching is the loss of intracellular endosymbionts through either expulsion or loss of algal pigmentation. It is a consequence of warmer water temperatures, causing the coral to turn completely white.

Mar 29, 2016

Greenland Melting

As per a study, the disappearance of Arctic Sea ice due to massive climate change is causing the surface of Greenland\'s melt area to increase, thereby fuelling a steep rise in the sea-level.
The Greenland ice sheet holds an enormous volume of frozen water, and the global sea level would rise about 20 to 23 feet if it all melted. Surface melting of the ice sheet has increased dramatically since the relative stability and modest snow accumulation in the 1970s.

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