Hannah Sheppard Brennand
Zambia claimants inch closer to compensation by UK' s Vedanta
More than 2,000 villagers in Zambia have won the second round of their unprecedented search for compensation over water pollution by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a subsidiary of UK's Vedanta Resources. The villagers have since 2007 been seeking justice against the company for poisoning their water sources and destroying farmland. …Impact of ocean warming and ocean acidification on larval development and calcification in the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla
As the oceans simultaneously warm, acidify and increase in PCO2, prospects for marine biota are of concern. Calcifying species may find it difficult to produce their skeleton because ocean acidification decreases calcium carbonate saturation and accompanying hypercapnia suppresses metabolism. However, this may be buffered by enhanced growth and metabolism due …