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Global fisheries to be, on average, 20 percent less productive in 2300, UCI study finds

Written on March 8, 2018.

Warming-induced plankton growth near Antarctica will impair marine food chain Irvine, Calif., March 8, 2018 — University of California, Irvine scientists expect the world’s fisheries to be, on average, 20 percent less productive in the year 2300, with those in the North Atlantic down nearly 60 percent and those in much of the western Pacific experiencing declines of more than 50 percent. In a study published this week in Science, UCI climatologists outline the results of computer simulations...

Warm Ocean Drives Most Antarctic Ice Shelf Loss, UC Irvine and Others Show

Written on June 13, 2013.

Findings are a game changer for future forecasts about thawing continent Janet Wilson, UC Irvine News Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves, not icebergs calving into the sea, are responsible for most of the continent’s ice loss, a study by UC Irvine and others has found. The first comprehensive survey of all Antarctic ice shelves discovered that basal melt, or ice dissolving from underneath, accounted for 55 percent of shelf loss from 2003 to 2008 – a rate much...

Warming Will Unlock Carbon in Forests, Study Warns

Written on June 11, 2012.

Felicity Barringer, The New York Times Climate scientists have long been concerned about the possibility that warming temperatures will speed changes on the earth’s surface that will in turn accelerate global warming. The best illustration of such a feedback loop involves the melting of sea ice in the Arctic. The ice reflects solar radiation back into space rather than absorbing it. When it melts, it leaves open water that absorbs the heat rather than reflecting it. The more warm water there...

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Global fisheries to be, on average, 20 percent less productive in 2300, UCI study finds

Warm Ocean Drives Most Antarctic Ice Shelf Loss, UC Irvine and Others Show

Warming Will Unlock Carbon in Forests, Study Warns