Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Changes in ocean chemistry -- a consequence of increased carbon dioxide emissions from human industrial activity -- could cause US shellfish revenues to drop significantly in the next 50 years, according to a new study by

Arizona State University) "This report is a very thorough, sobering synthesis of what we now know about the impacts of climate change on all of us," says Nancy Grimm, a professor at Arizona State University, one of the authors on

University of Arizona) The University of Arizona's Jonathan Overpeck is among the lead authors of the national report that details risks from warming, as well as ways to adapt to future conditions.

The Earth Institute at Columbia University) Researchers have reconstructed atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over the past 2.1 million years in the sharpest detail yet, shedding new light on its role in the Earth's cycles of cooling and warming.

Ohio State University) Two abrupt and drastic climate events, 700 years apart and more than 45 centuries ago, are teasing scientists who are now trying to use ancient records to predict future world climate. The events -- one, a massive,

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, along with colleagues from Tuebingen and Bristol have reconstructed sea-level fluctuations over the last 520,000 years. Comparison of this record with data on global climate and CO2 levels

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science) A paper coming out in the Journal of Zoology describes the use of geographic profiling to examine the hunting patterns of white sharks of the coast of South Africa. The

University at Buffalo) Modern glaciers, such as those making up the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, are capable of undergoing periods of rapid shrinkage or retreat, according to new findings by paleoclimatologists at the University at Buffalo.

European Space Agency) Following an agreement between ESA, Krunichev Space Centre and Eurockot Launch Services, ESA's next Earth Explorer mission SMOS and a secondary payload, the technology demonstrator Proba-2 satellite, will now launch on Nov. 2, 2009.