Mussels Found Near N.Pole in Global Warming Sign
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Mussels have been found growing on the seabed just 800 miles from the North Pole in a likely sign of global warming, scientists said on Friday.
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By Mike Torralba, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 10--The widening of N.C. 16 between Rea Road and Interstate 485 may have to wait a month or two because of the recent discovery of endangered mussels in Six Mile Creek, officials said.
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The planet's temperature has climbed to levels not seen in thousands of years, warming that has begun to affect plants and animals, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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BHAMIA, Bangladesh -- Global warming has a taste in this village. It is the taste of salt.
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THE LIVES lives of dozens of birds - including three rare avocet chicks - are in danger after an oil spillage polluted a North-East nature reserve.  Staff at WWT Washington Wetland Centre, on Wearside, were last night monitoring the water at Wader Lake after oil was found.
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Ice caps are melting on both Earth and Mars. According to one researcher's controversial theory, this suggests that global warming has nothing to do with humankind.
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By Catherine Kozak, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 5--It was during what some locals called "the summer of the piping plover." Two vehicles were parked on the beach on the south end of Hatteras Island. Nearby, on a pole shoved crookedly in the sand, was a sign: AREA CLOSED.
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Global warming is causing much concern in Greenland, but as James Painter discovers, higher temperatures are bringing some benefits to the sub-Arctic south of the island.
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Global warming (news - web sites) is melting the Arctic ice faster than expected, and the world&#39;s oceans could rise by about a meter (3 feet
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By Bill Graham, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  May 28--Zebra mussels are a nuisance and a health hazard, thanks to their sheer numbers and sharp shells.
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BERLIN, May 21 (IPS) - New scientific evidence confirms that human action,  such as carbon emissions causing global  warming, and  industrial-scale search for food, is decimating biodiversity -  and, in some  cases, is driving threatened species to evolve and  adapt at unexpected speed to new living  conditions.
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WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. - A wayward Arctic ice seal was found Friday on a beach in southern North Carolina, far from its usual habitat.
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Global warming could lead to a big chill in the North Atlantic, at least if history is anything to go by, researchers reported on Friday.
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The water 'round here's not what it used to be The European Science Foundation has warned that climate change is already having a significant impact on marine life. Warmer seas and changing salinity levels are leading to unprecedented movements of species, threatening the stability of the marine ecosystem as a whole.â¦
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A British-led study has determined North American marine turtles are at risk if global warming occurs at predicted levels.  University of Exeter scientists say an increase in temperature of 1 degree Celsius could eliminate the birth of male turtles from some beaches.
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By COX, Sandra  The Fisheries Ministry has approved the West Coast's first marine farm, saying it will not affect the environment or protected species.   Nelson-based Jackson Bay Mussels Ltd plans a 45.5ha farm 1km offshore in Jackson Bay, north of Fiordland.
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By Catherine Clabby, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 3--Eroding beaches and widening estuaries aren't the only water-related trouble expected from climate change in North Carolina.