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- The 100th Meridian, Where the Great Plains Begin, May Be Shifting http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/100th-meridian-where-great-plains-begin-may-be-shifting 32 comments
- The Gulf Stream Myth http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/gs/ 3 comments
- Ancient fossilized leaves show, for the first time, that dramatic increase in CO2 levels over a relatively short period was contemporaneous to the onset of the Antarctic Ice Sheet deterioration at the Oligocene/Miocene boundary. http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/historic-shrinking-antarctic-ice-sheet-linked-co2-spike?platform=hootsuite 10 comments science
- A growing “dead zone” in the middle of the Arabian Sea has allowed plankton uniquely suited to low- oxygen water to take over the base of the food chain. Their rise to dominance over the last decade could be disastrous for the predator fish that sustain 120 million people living on the sea’s edge. http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/shift-arabian-sea-plankton-may-threaten-fisheries 48 comments science