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Met Office: Evidence 'suggests climate change link to storms'
Posted in Science on 9th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
Climate change is likely to be a factor in the extreme weather that has hit much of the UK in recent months, the Met Office's chief scientist has said.
Pacific salmon migrate with a 'magnetic map'
Posted in Science on 8th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
There is more evidence that salmon use the Earth's magnetic field to perform extraordinary feats of navigation.
Want to cut Arctic warming in half? Curb emissions now
Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
Global warming is changing the Arctic so quickly that experts say we should expect an ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer within just a few decades.
Climate change 'could be making fish smaller'
Posted in Featured, Science on 30th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
A decline in the length of fish in the North Sea could be linked to climate change, according to researchers.
One quarter of the world's cartilaginous fish, namely sharks and rays, face imminent extinction
Posted in Science on 29th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
There are no real sanctuaries for sharks where they are safe from overfishing.