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Ocean Acidification – The Other Carbon Problem

Published on February 7, 2010 at 5:09 pm

By now, everyone knows that increased carbon in our atmosphere is causing global temperatures to rise, but many people don’t know about another major impact that it is having on our planet: acidification of our oceans.  When carbon in the air makes contact with sea water, a certain percentage of it is absorbed, and as [...]

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Oh, how tiny our planet is…

Published on January 5, 2010 at 10:32 am

Right now I’m immersed in the world of coral reefs, but today my wife showed me this video, which was produced by the American Museum of Natural History. It shows our planet and it’s relation to other know objects in the universe–all to scale, and all in about 6 minutes. It gives a [...]

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