It’s not just BP’s oil in the Gulf that threatens world’s oceans By Les Blumenthal

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By Les Blumenthal
McClatchy Newspapers
July 5, 2010

WASHINGTON — A sobering new report warns that the oceans face a “fundamental and irreversible ecological transformation” not seen in millions of years as greenhouse gases and climate change already have affected temperature, acidity, sea and oxygen levels, the food chain and possibly major currents that could alter global weather.

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‘Benchmark’ glaciers shrinking faster

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August 9, 2009

Les Blumenthal: 99% of glaciers in the US have been shrinking, and the rate is accelerating