http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1956 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/86011 Scientists have inventoried an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of deep sea species that have never known sunlight – creatures that somehow manage a living in a frigid black world down to 5,000 metres below the ocean waves. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85983 The oceans slow down global warming by absorbing carbon dioxide. But there is a heavy price to pay in their own ecosystem. Cosmos Magazine http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85449 El Nino is an awkward phenomenon in its unpredictability. The World Meteorological Organization detects warning signs for 2009. IRIN News http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162216/1/1956 Scientists have documented evidence of cold water-loving species shifting towards both poles to escape rising ocean temperatures, according to explorers conducting a census of marine life. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160308/1/1956 Environmental activist Sunita Narain offers a glimpse of what the future holds for coastal towns and villages as sea waters rise at a high rate. Climate change, rising salinity in waters and intense winds are eroding and depressing land at the same time in the Sunderbans, leaving people with no ways to survival. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160270/1/1956 Villages in Orissa on the eastern coast of India are sinking into the sea. In last four months many families have been forced to flee as rising waters have submerged their homes and farmlands. Despite assurances from government, the displaced families are yet to be resettled. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160087/1/1956 New research predicts a rise in sea levels three times higher than that estimated by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last year. These findings, based on a model following accurate reconstruction of sea levels over past two millennia, were presented at a European Geosciences Union conference in Austria recently. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/159750/1/1956 http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/159574/1/1956 CARACAS, Apr 8 (IPS) - Trawl fishing is on its way out in Venezuela, amid demonstrations by artisanal fisherfolk who support the new law as amended by President Hugo Chavez. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158836/1/1956 Melting ice from glaciers all over the globe has added more to the rise in sea levels than was previously projected, says the new findings published in a prestigious journal. An effective global emission control regime is the need of the hour to arrest this recession. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/156125/1/1956 Thousands of kilometers of protective embankments and dykes in Bangladesh’s southern coastal belt had been left severely damaged by the cyclone that hit the country in mid-November. People now face a risk of hunger if these protective walls are not repaired. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/155761/1/1956 http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/155494/1/1956 The World Bank has announced $250 million in aid for the recovery and rehabilitation of millions of Bangladeshis affected by Cyclone Sidr. Part of the funds will also be used to strengthen the country’s disaster mitigation systems. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/155287/1/1956 Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated as a powerful cyclone battered southern Bangladesh on November 16. Over two hundred have been reported dead, while officials warn of a rise in death toll. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/155217/1/1956 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14 (OneWorld) - Environmentalists are calling for an international ban on bunker fuel, a particularly noxious petroleum product used to power most ocean-going cargo ships, including those responsible for massive spills this week in the Black Sea and San Francisco Bay.