Anna Taylor reports on the findings of a recently published study which analyses the impacts of climate change on global marine ecology.....
Climate change impacts on marine life Anna Taylor | 17th September 2013 News Oceans Climate Change oceans.jpg Many believe that marine life is to some extent buffered from the impacts of climate …
From Bermuda, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg tells the Ecologist how our understanding of global environmental trends can be aided by surveying coral reef on a massive scale, and how some amazing technology is helping his team do exactly that........
PHOTO GALLERY: Mapping the health of our endangered coral reefs Prof. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg | 30th September 2013 Comment Coral Reef Oceans Climate Change false anemonefish_edited-1.jpg From Bermuda, …
The Hinkley deal is a disastrous one for the UK, its taxpayers and energy users, writes Oliver Tickell. We will be locked into a punitively high electricity price, index-linked, from 2025 until 2060, and the cumulative cost of this one nuclear power station will be well in excess of £100 billion, or around £1 billion per year in today's money.
With nuclear power: truth is the first casualty Oliver Tickell | 21st October 2013 News Nuclear UK Renewables Energy Finance Politics Oceans 1609.jpg The Hinkley deal is a disastrous one for the UK, …
Tanya Cox explains how microplastic pollution, which at some marine sites occurs at a concentration higher than that of plankton, has become a macroscopic problem for the life that calls the ocean its home ...
Microplastic Soup: The State of Our Oceans Tanya Cox | 29th October 2013 Activism Microplastic Pollution Oceans albatrosscixk.jpg Plastic ingested by seabirds, like this Albatross chick, can lead to …
The oceans cover almost three-quarters of the planet’s surface, and represent the last great wilderness. Yet they are hugely impacted by human activities. Could privatisation - as proposed by the World Bank - be the answer?
Can we save the oceans by selling them? Chris Frid | 2nd November 2013 Comment Oceans Privatisation Fish seaforsale.jpg Would privatisation of the oceans give them hope for an ecologically healthier …
Japan's hunting of cetaceans has become a rallying point for nationalists, but demand for their meat is falling amid worries about toxic pollution. Fukushima could just prove to be the last straw for a declining industry ...
Ending Japan's great cetacean hunt Sarah Baulch | 12th November 2013 Activism Japan Whales Dolphins Pollution Oceans Natural Word Cetaceans Food iea-beaked-whale.png Japan's hunting of cetaceans has …
The unprecedented rate of ocean acidification is one of the most alarming phenomena generated by climate change and the only way to mitigate the dangers is to reduce CO2 emissions significantly.
Ocean acidity rising at 'unprecedented rate' The Ecologist | 19th November 2013 News Oceans Climate Change COP19 Acidification The unprecedented rate of ocean acidification is one of the most …
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.
Killer 'ghost nets' to carpet tiles Roisin Woolnough | 24th November 2013 Activism Oceans Fishing Sustainability turtle-in-ghost_net.png Ghost nets - nylon fishing nets abandoned in the ocean - are …
Prices paid in the UK to solar and wind generators will change to favour offshore wind at the expense of the others. Jim Platt warns that the policy is doomed to failure - offshore wind is just too expensive, and likely to remain so.
Offshore wind is too expensive! Jim Platts | 7th December 2013 Comment Wind Renewables Energy Oceans offshore-wind-on-the-rocks.png Prices paid in the UK to solar and wind generators will change to …
The UK Government has recently expanded its network of marine protected areas. But as Horatio Morpurgo discovers, the focus on protecting only specific 'features' from intensive fishing is leaving entire ecosystems at risk.
Taking the 'conservation' out of Marine Conservation Zones Horatio Morpurgo | 10th December 2013 News UK Fishing Food Natural Work Oceans lyme-bay-coral.png The UK Government has recently expanded …
Green sea turtles are endangered worldwide. So does the Cayman Islands' sea turtle farm, which raises the sea reptiles as a luxury food, assist their conservation? Quite the reverse, argues Rachel Alcock.
Farming sea turtles is no solution Rachel Alcock | 25th January 2014 Comment Natural World Cayman Farming Oceans turtle-farm.png Green sea turtles are endangered worldwide. So does the Cayman …
The Japanese dolphin slaughter at Taiji is an exercise in wilful sadism, writes Joshua Frank. But responsibility for the killing spreads much wider than Japan, with captive cetaceans from Taiji reaching aquaria around the globe - including SeaWorld.
… AK Press. He can be reached at brickburner@gmail.com . Perhaps dolphins symbolize real …
The world's biggest slaughterhouse for endangered whale sharks has been uncovered in southeast China, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. It's products are being traded across the world in health and cosmetic products.
World's largest whale shark slaughterhouse uncovered in China Sophie Morlin-Yron | 3rd February 2014 News Wildlife Trade Oceans China Natural World Fishing ws-butcher.png The world's biggest …
In his new book 'Hunting the Hunters - at war with the whalers', Laurens de Groot recounts his adventures with Sea Shepherd in the Southern Ocean, saving whales from Japan's 'scientific research'.
Hunting the hunters Laurens de Groot | 10th February 2014 Ethical Living Oceans Whales Japan ss-prop-fouler.png In his new book 'Hunting the Hunters - at war with the whalers', Laurens de Groot …
New research predicts that coastal regions face massive increases in damages from storm surge flooding over the 21st century - to $100 trillion annually, more than the world's entire economic product today.
Storm surges to cost $100 trillion a year as sea levels rise The Ecologist | 5th February 2014 News Oceans Climate Change Society storm-surge.png New research predicts that coastal regions face …
A citizen scientist project on North America's West Coast hopes to fill the void in credible scientific information about Fukushima's radiation and its effects on food and the environment, writes David Suzuki.
Citizens to fill the Fukushima information void David Suzuki | 10th February 2014 Comment Nuclear Power Oceans big-sur-pool.png A citizen scientist project on North America's West Coast hopes to fill …
New figures show that three quarters of the sharks caught by Western Australia's shark baiting were undersize. All the more reason to halt the program, writes Elizabeth Claire Alberts - and to end similar programs elsewhere in Australia
Australia's shark baiting - cruel, dangerous, ineffective Elizabeth Claire Alberts | 20th February 2014 News Oceans Natural World Fishing Politics shark-bloody-release.png New figures show that three …
First the UK made a mess of wind and let Denmark take the prize. And now, writes Godfrey Boyle, the government's prevarication is risking our lead in another key renewable energy sector - marine power.
All at sea - the UK's policies for wave and tidal power Godfrey Boyle | 7th March 2014 Comment UK Renewables Oceans Energy Politics wp-tidal-turbine.png First the UK made a mess of wind and let …
A new study has found that the NE section of the Greenland ice sheet - thought to be stable due to the extreme cold - has been losing ice since 2006 with increasing speed. And as Shfaqat Abbas Khan reports, that has huge implications for global sea level rise.
'Stable' NE Greenland ice sheet is melting away Shfaqat Abbas Khan | 18th March 2014 News Greenland Oceans Water Climate Change ne-greenland.png A new study has found that the NE section of the …
As the IPCC prepares to launch its latest climate report, Mark Spalding reports that mangrove swaps don't just protect coastlines from storms, flooding and erosion - they also sequester huge tonnages of carbon. And that makes them a super-smart investment ...
The world must invest in mangroves Mark Spalding | 30th March 2014 Comment Climate Change Natural World Oceans Forests mangrove.png As the IPCC prepares to launch its latest climate report, Mark …
The International Court of Justice has ordered Japan to revoke its 'scientific whaling' permits in the Antarctic and cease to issue new ones as they are not for scientific purposes. Next, the North Pacific ...
… Sarah Gregerson said: "This judgment sets a very strong standard for when …
Internet retail giant Rakuten has announced it is terminating sales of whale products through its Japanese marketplace Rakuten Ichiba and has given merchants 30 days to remove them. But thousands of ivory products are still for sale.
Rakuten pulls whale products - but ivory sales continue The Ecologist | 3rd April 2014 News Oceans Wildlife Trade minke-whale.png Internet retail giant Rakuten has announced it is terminating sales …
In the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 we have found oil slicks and debris everywhere - none of it connected to the missing plane, writes Paul Mobbs. The seas are littered with human trash, and it's killing the oceanic ecosystem.
… Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global …