Texas Climate Emergency

The Bay of Naples is renowned for its breathtaking beauty and glittering clear waters. For centuries, tourists have flocked to the region to experience its glories.

But beneath the waves, scientists have uncovered an alarming secret. They have found streams of gas bubbling up from the seabed around the island of Ischia. ‘The waters are like a Jacuzzi – there is so much carbon dioxide fizzing up from the seabed,’ said Dr Jason Hall-Spencer, of Plymouth University. ‘Millions of litres of gas bubble up every day.’

The gas streams have turned Ischia’s waters into acid, and this has had a major impact on sea life and aquatic plants. Now marine biologists fear that the world’s seas could follow suit. (full article)

A new report by scientist suggests fast-rising sea-levels are likely to hit Pacific Island countries sooner rather than later, reports Radio New Zealand International.

The latest study which was on levels of carbon dioxide in the earths atmosphere has suggested that emissions have kept on rising over the years.

According to the study, predictions of the effects of climate change are based on projected increases in carbon dioxide. (Full Article)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Levels of climate-warming methane — a greenhouse gas 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide — rose abruptly in Earth’s atmosphere last year, and scientists who reported the change don’t know why it occurred.

Methane, the primary component of natural gas, has more than doubled in the atmosphere since pre-industrial times, but stayed largely stable over the last decade or so before rising in 2007, researchers said on Wednesday. (Full Article)