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Though far away from a quantitative tool Google Trends allows some qualitative analysis. Live picture above shows how often Google was used for searches with environmental relevant english keywords.

It seems digital Zeitgeist does not mind the dynamic and delicate state of our Planet. Except one or two light blue peaks probably caused by hurricane season 2005. And the rising trend of ‘global warming’ since Christmas 2005 gives reason for cautious optimism.

If you like to get an impression about the numbers in total, click the picture, go to the real site and replace ‘kyoto’ with ‘weather’ or ‘environment’.

Update:blogpulse generates similar graph over blog posts using Nielsen BuzzMetrics data.

NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, US) report about changes in the chemistry of the oceans when they absorb more and more CO2. Corals and other marine organisms that produce calcium carbonate skeletal structures will suffer when the oceans become more acidic.

Oceans have already absorbed approximately 118 billion metric tons of carbon between 1800 and 1994 produced by burning oil and coal.

This is leading to the most dramatic changes in marine chemistry in at least the past 650,000 years.

[Richard Feely, oceanographer, PMEL]

High bandwidth version of the report:
Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers Report

via THE HINDU and YUBANET.