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Ocean Chemistry Unbalanced

Kelly Burnes — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 07:09:22 +0000

Ocean acidification is a decrease in the pH of the oceans, caused by the uptake of CO₂from the atmosphere. It’s a problem; a real problem. One that marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration called global warming’s “equally evil twin.

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Burnes K (2013-11-28 07:09:22). Ocean Chemistry Unbalanced. Australian Science. Retrieved: Aug 25, 2026, from https://australianscience.com.au/environmental-science/ocean-chemistry-unbalanced/

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Weekly Science Picks

Kelly Burnes — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:38:35 +0000

The Modular Prosthetic Limb will help patients to feel and manipulate objects just as they would with a native hand. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. APPLIED PHYSICS LAB.

These were the science stories that resonated the most for me this week. Gene snipping, CO2 alarms, and brain-controlled prosthetics – an array of stories touching on the impossible, and yet, totally possible.

Given the way budgets and financing have always dominated the path of scientific research and with the rise of start-ups and crowdsourcing dominating many a young entrepreneurs dream, this story is important for many reasons. It raises the questions of safety, ethics and regulatory responsibility. It is a must read.

A Dream of Trees Aglow at Night by Andrew Pollack

But part of the goal is more controversial: to publicize do-it-yourself synthetic biology and to “inspire others to create new living things.

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Burnes K (2013-05-12 16:38:35). Weekly Science Picks. Australian Science. Retrieved: Aug 25, 2026, from https://australianscience.com.au/news/weekly-science-picks-30/
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Weekly Science Picks

Kelly Burnes — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:49:21 +0000

It seems the rate of everything has increased exponentially. A very bold, vague, yet intriguing statement, you might say.

During the course of the past 2 weeks, Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast of America, followed closely by a nor’easter. So my science picks for this week center on the themes of natural disasters, planning, global warming and Space, and the rate of which we have to increase our thinking and innovation in order to get ahead of these issues, before they become serious problems.

So let’s get started.

I was out of town when Hurricane Sandy struck. My neighborhood in Brooklyn was pretty much untouched. While I heard reports from friends not having power, and subways and airports being closed, it wasn’t until watching the hurricane relief telethon that I realized the magnitude of destruction. And I chose the following article by our very own Charles Ebikeme because it is important to remember that Haiti has yet to recover from several rounds of natural disasters. The U.S. will rebuild. Considering a large portion of the Haitian population still remains housed in tents from the earthquake, will they be able to rebuild? Before the next natural disaster strikes?

Sandy’s aftermath by Charles Ebikeme

While most of the focus of western media centred on the damage Sandy caused in America, especially this close to a Presidential election; there were few news outlets that reported what had passed in the Caribbean — outside the death tolls and damaged infrastructure. Indeed, as it is becoming more and more apparent, it is always the blogosphere that provides an adequate source of information. Hurricane Sandy’s progression was followed by bloggers on the ground, giving another side of the story we don’t often get to see.

But it is in Haiti, a country that has yet to recover from tropical storm Isaac that hit in August of this year, as well as the earthquake of 2010, that felt the worst of Sandy’s wrath. 1.8 million people in Haiti are affected by the storm, according to the United Nations relief agency.

This next story appears in the current issue of Scientific American and drives home the point why immediate action on climate change, energy and planning (community planning) is necessary to attempt to prevent incidences such as Sandy, or at least lessen the amount of destruction as much as possible. Obama won re-election this week. And while there is no shortage of issues to tackle, the President needs to implement an energy policy for this country. And it’s called global warming, so I hope the world can come together within the next four years and knock out a sound plan.

Global Warming: Faster Than Expected? by John Carey

The potential for faster feedbacks has turned some scientists into vocal Cassandras. Those experts are saying that even if nations do suddenly get serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to stay under the 450-ppm limit, which seems increasingly unlikely, that could be too little, too late. Unless the world slashes CO₂ levels back to 350 ppm, “we will have started a process that is out of humanity’s control,

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