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ENVIRONMENT - March 2017

Mar 2017

Jun 17, 2017

Earth Warming to Tipping Point

A monthly analysis of global temperatures by NASA scientists has revealed that May 2017 was the second warmest May in 137 years of modern record-keeping, indicating that our climate is changing and quickly.
The monthly analysis by the scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York is assembled from publicly available data acquired by about 6,300 meteorological stations around the world, ship-and buoy-based instruments measuring sea surface temperature, and Antarctic research stations.
The modern global temperature record began around 1880 because previous observations did not cover enough of the planet.

Jun 13, 2017

The Larsen C Ice Shelf

Very soon, a large portion of an ice shelf in Antarctica will break off and collapse into the ocean. The name of the ice shelf is Larsen C; it is a major extension from of the West Antarctic ice sheet, and its health has implications for other ice in the region, and sea levels globally.
Scientists have been watching a major rift (crack) that has grown in the past few years, carving out a section of floating ice nearly the size of Delaware. The speed of the crack has increased dramatically in the past few months, and it is nearly cracked through.

Jun 06, 2017

Trash in Our Oceans

In 2015, some 322 million metric tons of waste was found in the oceans. And most of the waste consists of everyday items like bottles, wrappers, straws and plastic bags.
If the amount of waste keeps growing, and by 2050, the volume of waste could increase by four times the current figure.
Each year, more than 13 million tons of plastic waste end up in the ocean.

May 31, 2017

Arachnid Last Seen 122 Years Ago

An arachnid predator species that was last seen 122 years ago in Burma has been spotted again, this time in Mumbai.
During surveys conducted in 2016, a female spider of the same species was discovered in the same locality, thus confirming that it was the Piranthus decorus that was last found in 1895 in Burma.

May 30, 2017

Great Barrier Reef

According to scientists, coral bleaching on Australia`s Great Barrier Reef is even worse than first thought. The impact will accelerate unless global greenhouse gas emissions are cut.
Initial aerial and in-water surveys confirmed that about 29% of shallow water corals died from bleaching during 2016, up from the previous estimate of 22%, with the reef currently experiencing an unprecedented second straight year of bleaching.
The 2,300 km World Heritage-listed reef suffered its most severe bleaching on record last year due to warming sea temperatures during March and April.

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