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Deep ocean current may slow due to climate change Posted: 21 Mar 2014 01:49 PM PDT Far beneath the surface of the ocean, deep currents act as conveyer belts, channeling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients around the globe. A new has found that recent climate change may be acting to slow down one of these conveyer belts, with potentially serious consequences for the future of the planet's climate.

Seal teeth offer glimpse into the environmental past of Russia's Lake Baikal Posted: 21 Mar 2014 01:46 PM PDT Scientists have found that the teeth of the nerpa seal may hold the strongest evidence of the effects of decades of environmental pollution, nuclear testing, and climate change on Russia's Lake Baikal. The nerpa, also known as the Baikal seal, is the only seal that lives exclusively in fresh water.

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