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Poseidon Lost

We thought the sea was infinite and inexhaustible. It is not. Calling for a new vision to save our oceans. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Dave Levitan
Avenge This! Five Dastardly Supervillain Plots to Wreak Havoc on the Environment
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May 7, 2012: Turns out the forces of comic book evil are often trying to take over the world ... by polluting it.
Wine from Sand: Braving Israel's Desert to Grow Grapes
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March 20, 2012: Two thousand years ago, the Nabataeans made wine in Israel’s Negev Desert. Vineyards later disappeared from this parched landscape for centuries. But now they're making a comeback, thanks to people like Daniel Kish. It takes... read more >
Cape Wind Documentary Leaves Audiences Adrift
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March 15, 2012: Cape Spin, a documentary on the long, contentious battle over a wind energy project off New England's coast, plays today at the annual Environmental Film Festival in Washington, D.C. The fact that a film on Cape Wind exists... read more >
Canadian Hockey on Thin Ice Due to Climate Change
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March 5, 2012: I grew up hearing about growing up in Canada. When my parents said, "In my day, we walked miles through 10 feet of snow," they weren't kidding. But what I heard most about from my dad was hockey: watching Hockey Night in... read more >
Study: Oceans Acidifying Faster Than They Have in Past 300 Million Years
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March 1, 2012: Fifty-six million years ago, a surge of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere raised the acidity of the world's oceans substantially. Many single-celled organisms, and most likely larger creatures farther up the food chain, went... read more >
Overfishing Unleashes a Scourge of Sea Urchins on Reefs
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February 28, 2012: Coral reefs can't seem to catch a break. Not only is ocean acidification -- the "other" CO2 problem -- threatening huge chunks of the world's coral, but overfishing may also destroy reefs. A new study published in the... read more >
Climate Forecast: Thirsty Americans
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February 20, 2012: When the heat turns up in an overcrowded bar, patrons waiting for service tend to get thirstier. In the coming decades, a similar scenario may play out in the United States. According to a new study, more than a third of U.S... read more >
Fishermen's Choice: Why They Keep Going Even as Catches Dwindle
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February 10, 2012: If your livelihood were slowly disappearing, at what point would you adapt and seek a new profession? Would you see the writing on the wall, or would you insist on milking that job, or crop, or industry for everything it had... read more >
Russian Scientists Reach Hidden Lake Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice
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February 8, 2012: A group of Russian scientists report that they have managed to drill down through massive layers of Antarctic ice to reach the subterranean Lake Vostok.Some of the numbers surrounding this achievement are a bit mind-blowing... read more >
Real Climate Scientists Respond to Crappy WSJ Op-Ed by Non-Climate Scientists
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February 1, 2012: On Monday, I spent more than a few words excoriating the Wall Street Journal for an op-ed piece penned by a gaggle of non-climate scientists rife with conflicts of interest, who regurgitated a number of tired global warming... read more >
A Safer Fish: NOAA Lists Atlantic Sturgeon as Endangered
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February 1, 2012: After years of disagreement, NOAA's Fisheries Service has decided to list the Atlantic sturgeon as an endangered species. The listing will include five distinct populations of the fish -- four are endangered, and one will be... read more >
Wall Street Journal Publishes Pile of Crap on Climate, Calls it an Op-Ed
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January 30, 2012: Forgive the blunt headline, but believe me that I wish I could have gone with much worse. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published a piece in its Opinion section by 16 "scientists" that called for everyone to just calm... read more >
Dave Levitan
Dave Levitan is a freelance journalist based in Philadelphia. His work has appeared at IEEE Spectrum, Yale e360, Reuters, and elsewhere. Find more of his writing at his website and follow him on Twitter @davelevitan.
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