On the Kazakh side of the Aral Sea, water levels are rising, and fishing communities are being rebuilt. The future of the South Aral Sea, bordering on Uzbekistan, is still in doubt. Matilda Lee reports from Aral City
Kazakhstan fights to save its corner of a divided Aral Sea Matilda Lee | 9th September 2011 Activism Natural World Aral Sea Kazakhstan Climate Change Uzbekistan Irrigation World Bank …
A study of 120 ice sheet collapses shows that 68% went from initial change to maximum retreat within 400 years - and that once triggered, the process and the associated sea level rise kept accelerating for hundreds of years. We may face a 1m sea level rise by 2100, writes Eelco Rohling - and much more in centuries to come.
… Ice sheets will be melting, and raising seas, for centuries to come Eelco Rohling | …
Fish from the high seas are too valuable to be eaten, as they lessen climate change through the carbon they carry down to the ocean depths. The carbon benefits are worth $150 billion every year - almost ten times the value of high seas fish landings.
… Stop fishing the high seas, say scientists, for climate and ecology … Fish' by Elena Caldera. Fish from the high seas are too valuable to be eaten, as they … year - almost ten times the value of high seas fish landings. Marine biologists have …
Lewis Pugh has completed long-distance swims in the 'seven seas' to promote his dream of a peaceful world of well-managed Marine Protected Areas, abundant oceans teeming with fish, turtles, whales, sea-birds and sharks. His shocking experiences in the water make that dream more urgent and compelling than ever.
… We must protect our seas! Lewis Pugh | 30th August 2014 Comment … completed long-distance swims in the 'seven seas' to promote his dream of a peaceful world … the first long-distance swim in the seven Seas of the ancient world. I've experienced …
The Wildlife Trusts has today launched a new report which sets a challenge to the government to bring back living seas, and shows a way forward. JOAN EDWARDS wades in to the debate.
… before Brexit to turn the tide towards living seas for Britain Joan Edwards | 25th October … Wildlife Trust David Attenborough Living Seas 405602.jpg The Wildlife Trusts has today … to the government to bring back living seas, and shows a way forward. JOAN EDWARDS …
Scientists know that if Antarctica's ice sheets and glaciers collapse, sea levels could rise 5 metres. But the idea that it will take 200 years to happen is based on a linear model, writes Dady Cherry. In fact, the process is exponential - and could take place 'within decades'.
… has remained relatively constant, with the seasonal flows of water out to sea in the …
For just 8% of the fish landed, extraordinary, beautiful, ancient, diverse deep sea habitats are routinely destroyed by fishing gear. And as J. Murray Roberts writes, it's all for a one-off hit as the fish are so slow to grow and reproduce. If the same damage happened on land, there would be uproar.
… to discuss the future of Scotland's deep seas. Here in the UK the vast majority of … the diversity of habitats in Scotland's deep seas, but they also tell us that many have … soon fished out, slow to regenerate The deep seas west of Scotland have been fished for …
The Aral Sea is a well known environmental disaster zone. But this year, it got a whole worse, writes Anson Mackay, as its biggest basin dried up completely to expose a toxic, salty wasteland. With continuing irrigation and declining river flows due to climate change, the desert is only set to expand.
… summer. Toxic, salty dust storms causing disease and death The environmental impact of … pesticides, insecticides), used to prevent disease and pests from lowering cotton yields, … causing increased deaths and chronic disease, especially the young . However, lower …
Three Sea Shepherd volunteers have been arrested for 'harrassing dolphins' and deported from the Faroe Islands. But their real crime was to save hundreds of Atlantic white-sided dolphins from slaughter.
… bloodiest months of the grindadrap hunt season, in an effort to save as many lives as …
It is widely predicted that low-lying coral islands will drown as sea levels rise, writes Paul Kench - leaving their people as environmental refugees. But new evidence suggests that these small islands are more resilient to rising seas than we thought.
… small islands are more resilient to rising seas than we thought. That is not to say that … lumps of rock that will be swamped by rising seas and eroded by storms, the islands are … move and even grow in response to changing seas. But although the islands may survive …
Scientists are rightly getting worried about increases in the average sea level over coming years, decades and centuries, writes Mikis Tsimplis. But that's only one cause of sea flooding and the loss of land to the sea. What's often forgotten are intense sea storms, hurricanes, typhoons and shifting tides, which have huge implications for the future of coastal areas around the world.
… Raging seas: going local to understand ocean extremes … also caused by changes in the tides, in the seasonal cycle, in currents in the ocean, and … also caused by changes in the tides, in the seasonal cycle, in currents in the ocean, and …
Simple water conservation rather than a multi-billion pound pipeline project would be the best way to save the Dead Sea from disappearing, say environmentalists
… how will the two waters from the Red and Dead seas blend? Previous small-scale tests by the …
The Government says it realises our oceans are at risk from pollution and overfishing, says Dr Haris Livas-Dawes, so why won't it produce a marine bill with more teeth?
… Saving our seas Dr Haris Livas-Dawes | 7th August 2008 … Coastal Campaigns Natural World Saving_Our_Seas_WEB.jpg The Government says it realises … it produce a marine bill with more teeth? Our seas are dying. We’ve destroyed, polluted, …
A volunteer crew member on the Sea Shepherd's Steve Irwin ship during recent operations targeting bluefin tuna fishing and pilot whale hunting argues the organisations' activities are vital for preventing slaughter on the high seas
… vital for preventing slaughter on the high seas During the summer I spent three months at … Japanese whalers quit early in the season and headed home with less than 20 per … does not work. A report in 2010, Looting the Seas, by the Independent Consortium of …
The lure of deep sea mining in the Pacific and Indian oceans could mean the destruction of species only just discovered on the ocean floor
Revealed: the new species threatened by deep-sea mining Bethany Hubbard | 20th February 2012 News Deep Sea Mining Hydrothermal Vents Energy Natural World deepseacrabdavidshale.jpg David Shale has …
The rapid deterioration of the world's oceans and the life they contain calls for a breakthrough in their governance, writes Deborah Wright. The seas must be protected, respected and policed as the common heritage of all mankind, and of all generations present and future.
… their governance, writes Deborah Wright. The seas must be protected, respected and policed … world those wanting to safeguard seas and oceans are struggling to do so. The … critical global resource, even though healthy seas sustain us all. Those who empty them, …
Arctic sea ice is melting faster than climate models predicted and there is less sea ice in the Arctic now than at any time since records began, scientists from the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) have discovered.
… discovered. With one month of the summer melt season remaining, the area covered by Arctic …
With Papua New Guinea giving the go-ahead to a Canadian mining company to dredge its coastal seabed for minerals, new species of life could be extinct before they have even been discovered. Tom Levitt reports
… only a matter of time before mining the deep seas took off. Following in the footsteps of … suggests Nautilus is just the latest overseas mining giant to take advantage of lax …
While the Arctic melts, Antarctica's ice has spread to record extents in three consecutive years, writes Edward Hanna. But is the news as good as it looks? Yes, if indications from a robot submarine that the ice is thicker than expected are supported by further evidence. It may just be that Antarctica's ice is more resilient than scientists dared to hope.
… (ice that survives more than one summer melt season) which is more susceptible to thickness … a range of different areas, and if possible seasons and years. At the end of winter around …
Nuclear is on the front-line of climate change – and not in a good way.
… - and that the EU should be preparing for its seas, estuaries and tidal rivers to rise by up … In practice, this means that models of seasonal, decadal, and future climate change …
Tim Deere-Jones dissects the UK Government's system for monitoring doses of marine derived radioactivity in food and concludes that the current programme is deeply flawed.
… gravel, or cobbles. However, during heavy seas or storm surges, fine sediments are … research cannot represent the entirety of seasonal and annual conditions, nor can it …
What's the solution to the over-exploitation of fish on the high seas, outside territorial boundaries? Ban it altogether, argues Reg Watson. It would make little difference to the total fish catch, poor coastal countries would reap huge benefits, and the fishing fleet's fuel burn would be slashed. The main losers? Rapacious industrial factory-fishers.
… End high seas fishing for fairness and sustainability … to the over-exploitation of fish on the high seas, outside territorial boundaries? Ban it … industrial factory-fishers. The 'high seas' - the area outside any country's …
Millions living near the coast are likely to be hit by rising sea levels, erosion and storm surges, warns a new study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Climate change 'will wreak havoc on Britain's coastline by 2050' Jamie Doward Observer | 7th March 2011 News Climate Change Natural World Coastline Sea Levels seawall.jpg As many as 30 million people …
Ghost nets - nylon fishing nets abandoned in the ocean - are the sea life killers that keep on killing. Roisin Woolnough reports on the Healthy Seas initiative to transform the ghost nets into useful products from socks and swimwear to carpet tiles.
… Roisin Woolnough reports on the Healthy Seas initiative to transform the ghost nets … abandoned fishing nets, get them out of the seas and turn them into yarn that can then be turned into products. Called Healthy Seas , it's the brainchild of three …