Science has long believed that a warmer climate will increase river runoff to the Baltic Sea, thus making the inland sea less salty. However, a new extensive study reveals that the effect will probably be the opposite: climate change will reduce river runoff and increase salinity in the Baltic Sea. “There could be major consequences [...]
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Warmer climate makes Baltic Sea more salty
May 31st, 2010 
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Tags: baltic sea, change in environment, change of climate, warmer climae 
No Comments »Road salt and cars produce extreme water contamination in Frenchman’s Bay, UTSC research reveals
March 7th, 2010 admin The levels of contamination to water and sediment in Frenchman’s Bay in Pickering, Ontario greatly exceed provincial water quality standards, in some cases by as much as 250 per cent, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough. This is largely due to large amounts of road salt applied in [...]
Chemicals that eased one environmental problem may worsen another
March 7th, 2010 admin Chemicals that helped solve a global environmental crisis in the 1990s — the hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer — may be making another problem — acid rain — worse, scientists are reporting. Their study on the chemicals that replaced the ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) once used in aerosol spray cans, air conditioners, refrigerators, and other [...]
Climate change one factor in malaria spread
March 7th, 2010 admin Climate change is one reason malaria is on the rise in some parts of the world, new research finds, but other factors such as migration and land-use changes are likely also at play. The research, published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, aims to sort out contradictions that have emerged as scientists try to understand [...]
