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March 16 2011
Population adiposity and climate change

In the paper, Edwards P and Roberts I (2009) "Population adiposity and climate change" Int. J. Epidemiol. 38 (4), find that BMI has environmental benefits.

March 16 2011
Greenhouse gas benefits of fighting obesity

Michaelowa, A. and Dransfeld, B. (2008) "Greenhouse gas benefits of fighting obesity", in Ecological Economics, 66, p. 298-308

March 16 2011
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Feasibility of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Methods

A recent Defra funded project conducted by ADAS investigated the economic feasibility of farm greenhouse gas mitigation methods (GHG MMs) and identified drivers and barriers to uptake for 6 farm types and 3 farm sizes through a farm survey in the...

March 11 2011
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Marine Climate Impact Partnership 2010 Annual report Card

The Marine Climate Impact Partnership 2010 Annual report Card covers the impact of the climate on UK seas and outlines a number of physical parameters of the marine ecosystem which are defined by the climate, coining the phrase, ocean-climate.

March 10 2011
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Overview of Ocean Acidification

Climate change impacts nearly every aspect of the marine environment and life in the seas, primarily, but not exclusively, through rising temperatures. In addition to the impacts of climate change on the ocean, the added CO2 in the...

March 10 2011
Impacts of the Oceans on Climate Change

This 2009 report, 'The Impacts of the Oceans on Climate Change', identifies a number of vast biological and physical carbon pumps and sinks in the marine environment, dwarfing terrestrial systems, which are reducing climate change by absorbing CO...

March 10 2011
MCCIP Briefing Note: Ocean uptake of carbon dioxide

Along a similar vein to the journal chapter, "MCCIP Briefing Note: Ocean uptake of carbon dioxide", this document is a short and useful overview of the role of the oceans as carbon sinks has been produced by MCCIP.

The 9 page briefing document...

March 10 2011
Contribution of Fish to the Marine Inorganic Carbon Cycle

Oceanic production of calcium carbonate is conventionally attributed to marine plankton (coccolithophores and foraminifera).

This report finds that marine fish produce precipitated carbonates within their intestines and excrete these at high...

March 10 2011
Energy consumption in the Norwegian fisheries

This paper explores the scale of energy consumed by most segments of the Norwegian fishing fleet for gadoid fish and for parts of the pelagic fleet for the period 1980–2005. Possible means of reducing energy use and emissions are discussed including...

March 10 2011
Food Production and GHGs: Climate impact of different products

This report by Ulf Sonesson, Jennifer Davis, Friederike Ziegler, discusses the impacts of fisheries and aquaculture on the climate on pages 10 and 11, concluding that the main driver for the carbon footprint of capture fisheries is on board diesel use...