Climate change is having a dramatic effect on the Arctic Circle with melting ice caps threatening to raise sea levels by up to seven metres. Rising temperatures are changing the very ecology of the ocean, with many creatures having to adapt to the changes. Tania Page reports from inside the Arctic circle, off Norway’s coast.

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Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute professor Illah Nourbakhsh presents the CREATE Lab project ChargeCar, a community approach to electric cars. The lecture is part of the Sustainability and Computer Science Seminar, a forum for discussion of ways in which computer science can and will contribute to sustainability, energy, and the environment, and to foster greater consciousness, conversation, and collaboration in this area. For more on CREATE Lab, visit: www.createlab.ri.cmu.edu For more on …

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Eddie Vedder and Julian Casablancas cover Marvin Gaye’s Mercy Mercy Me.

Planet in Peril

The advent of rapid methods for sequencing DNA has resulted in major advances in our understanding of the evolution and distribution of a wide variety of marine organisms. Join Scripps researcher Ron Burton as he describes the surprising array of applications for these techniques in marine science. Series: “Perspectives on Ocean Science” [3/2007] [Science] [Show ID: 12106]

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