http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/30/healthy-oceans-charting-a-new-course/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/30/healthy-oceans-charting-a-new-course/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:53:21 +0000 Jeremy Hinsdale http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=25849 Leading up to Rio+20, on April 25th the United Nations hosted “Healthy Oceans: Charting A New Course,” a panel discussion which brought together a range of experts to discuss the fate of the world’s oceans and what can be done to protect them.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/30/healthy-oceans-charting-a-new-course/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/12/08/from-distant-past-lessons-on-ocean-acidification/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/12/08/from-distant-past-lessons-on-ocean-acidification/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:42:10 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=20766 Oceans turned more acidic during a period of great warming some 56 million years ago, causing an extinction of bottom-dwelling marine species known as foraminifera, a scenario that may be happening again now, only much more quickly.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/12/08/from-distant-past-lessons-on-ocean-acidification/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/05/have-we-crossed-the-9-planetary-boundaries/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/05/have-we-crossed-the-9-planetary-boundaries/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:40:53 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16717 “The world needs to awaken itself to the looming catastrophe of global warming,” said Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, at a recent meeting in Muscat. “We must provide a safe operating space where vested interest and lobby-driven policies will not see the world marching into disaster.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/05/have-we-crossed-the-9-planetary-boundaries/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/13/losing-our-coral-reefs/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/13/losing-our-coral-reefs/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:03:52 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15412 Coral reefs, the “rainforests of the sea,” are some of the most biodiverse and productive ecosystems on earth. They occupy only .2% of the ocean, yet are home to a quarter of all marine species: crustaceans, reptiles, seaweeds, bacteria, fungi, and over 4000 species of fish make their home in coral reefs. With an annual [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/13/losing-our-coral-reefs/feed/ 5 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/09/15/sea-change/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/09/15/sea-change/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:00:44 +0000 Kim Martineau http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=447 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/09/15/sea-change/feed/ 0