Scientists: Bacteria spreading in warming oceans

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Scientists: Bacteria spreading in warming oceans

BRUSSELS (AP) — Warning: The warming of the world's oceans can cause serious illness and may cost millions of euros (dollars) in health care.

That is the alarm sounded in a paper released online Tuesday on the eve of a two-day conference in Brussels.

The 200-page paper is a synthesis of the findings of more than 100 projects funded by the European Union since 1998. It was produced by Project CLAMER, a collaboration of 17 European marine institutes.

The paper says the rising temperature of ocean water is causing a proliferation of the Vibrio genus of bacteria, which can cause food poisoning, serious gastroenteritis, septicemia and cholera.

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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Hits Second Lowest on Record

When Arctic sea ice reached its summer minimum on Sept. 9, it crept back to the second lowest point since the record low set in September of 2007, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the United States. An early estimate, by a German group using different measurements, went further, calling this year the record lowest extent for Arctic sea ice.

This year's summer minimum, reached on Sept. 9, measured at 1.67 million square miles (4.33 million square kilometers), fell short of the record on file at the NSIDC for Sept. 16, 2007, at 1.59 million square miles (4.13 million square km).

The sea ice undergoes a natural seasonal cycle, growing across the Arctic waters during the cold of winter and then retreating in response to the warmth of summer. Historically, the ice — which provides important habitat for walrus and polar bears — reaches its minimum extent between the first week of September and around the end of the third week of the month, according to Walt Meier, a research scientist at NSIDC.

Even though different groups' measurements may not agree, the trend is clear: The Arctic sea ice is shrinking. The last five years have all ranked as the five lowest years on record since continuous record-keeping began in 1979, Meier said.

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