Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, WMO Says
The World Meteorological Organization forecast “far-reaching repercussions for health, food security, water management and the environment.”
Seabird conservation mostly works, comprehensive new data set shows
Fifty years ago, ornithologist Stephen Kress had a bold vision for Eastern Egg Rock, an island off the coast of Maine. He wanted to restore the island’s former colony of Atlantic puffins that hunters had wiped out in the 1880s. This kind of seabird restoration had never been done before, but Kress was determined to […]
Record Low Antarctic Sea Ice is Another Alarming Sign the Ocean’s Role as Climate Regulator is Changing
A changing climate is upon us, with more frequent land and marine heatwaves, forest fires, atmospheric rivers and floods. For some, it is the backdrop to day-to-day life, but for a growing number of people it is a life-changing reality.It is…
14,000 oil and gas wells remain unplugged in the Gulf of Mexico
Thousands of offshore wells have been left uncapped in the Gulf of Mexico, which means oil or methane could leak out and harm marine ecosystems
Brazil’s invasion of voracious lionfish has reached a worrisome phase
Ocean currents expected to help spread invasive predator farther south
Nature Lawyers Up
A growing number of countries and courts say the environment should be endowed with legal rights.
BeWild Project to Assess Impact of Offshore Wind Farms on Biodiversity
Dutch offshore survey services provider Fugro, together with other project partners, said Wednesday it would work to develop innovative methodologies and technologies for remotely collecting environmental DNA (eDNA) samples in the North Sea as part of a project called BeWild…
Three reasons to rethink tuna
A yellowfin tuna is pulled along side the Spanish longliner Herdusa no1 Vigo, South West Indian Ocean. © Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Tuna sandwiches, tuna tartare, tuna poke, tuna salad—the ways to enjoy this fish seem endless. Within the last decade, more people have been consuming this versatile, nutritious, and “affordable” fish. Recently, its popularity […]
Melting Sea Ice May Fog Out the Famed Northwest Passage
Melting sea ice is opening new pathways through the Arctic such as the famed Northwest Passage. But it is also reducing visibility and potentially causing delays
World’s largest ice sheet threatened by warm water surge
Nature, Published online: 12 August 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-02168-y Shifting winds and ocean currents are pushing warm waters into East Antarctica, contributing to ice loss, an analysis finds.
