Plastic pollution in the oceans is impacting every level of marine life, writes Kate Rawles, from micro-plankton to whales. And here is your chance to do something about it - join a research expedition to the Azores next month to study the problem and develop solutions!
… Microplastic ocean pollution - will you join our research … voyage? Kate Rawles | 5th August 2014 Comment Oceans Pollution Consumerism Toxics Oil … Fishing for plastic in the open ocean on the Rozalia in the 2013 Gyre to Gaia …
It's not a question of ‘if' a major spill will occur in the Arctic, but ‘when and where', says conservation biologist and oil industry expert Rick Steiner
… Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice Rick … frontiers - deepwater and the Arctic Ocean. The dangers of deepwater drilling came … Another high-risk environment is the Arctic Ocean, which geologists suggest may be the …
Faced with the double crisis of global warming and the decimation of marine wildlife, what does the Obama administration do? Open up the US's Atlantic and Arctic Ocean seafronts to oil and gas drilling, write Ralph Nader & David Helvarg. But this assault on our climate and cetaceans can be stopped, as a 'Sea Party Rebellion' prepares to fight it all the way in forthcoming Presidential elections.
… Nader David Helvarg | 4th July 2015 Activism Oceans Cetaceans USA Energy Oil Gas Politics … do? Open up the US's Atlantic and Arctic Ocean seafronts to oil and gas drilling, write … Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean ', states that human activities threaten …
South Africa's Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing must take responsibility for ongoing ocean grabbing.
… Fishing must take responsibility for ongoing ocean grabbing. The recent arrival of the … is devastating. It could take decades for the ocean and the life it holds, as well as the … and experience, first-hand. “South Africa’s oceans are fundamental to the livelihoods of …
As the melting Arctic ice cap opens a new ocean to the world, governments and private speculators are rushing to cash in on lucrative resource deposits and shipping lanes. But they may find these virgin waters a dangerous place to do business…
… As the melting Arctic ice cap opens a new ocean to the world, governments and private … of the north pole each year, an emergent new ocean will offer prospects of untold mineral … summer and have transport across the Arctic Ocean'. A brave - or foolish - new world? …
Immediate moratorium on all activity by oil and gas industries would help safeguard the local community and ecosystem as well as reduce potential carbon emissions
… gas extraction is not possible in the Arctic Ocean Immediate moratorium on all activity by … rushed to lay claim to areas of the Arctic Ocean during the past few years, following … the current governance gap in the Arctic Ocean, and something that will remain in place …
Ecuador seeks $3.6 billion from international donors to protect species-rich rainforest reserve from oil exploration
… READ MORE... NEWS Marine food chain hit by ocean global warming The entire marine food … are linking to climate change and rising ocean surface temperatures. INVESTIGATION … seas: how climate change is reducing ocean oxygen levels The main impacts of …
Days after Shell received US Government backing for its plans to drill in the Chukchi Sea in the Alaskan Arctic, volunteers from Greenpeace have occupied its 'Polar Pioneer' oil rig in the Pacific Ocean to demand a halt to all Arctic oil exploration.
… Oliver Tickell | 7th April 2015 News Oil Oceans Pollution Regulation USA … its 'Polar Pioneer' oil rig in the Pacific Ocean to demand a halt to all Arctic oil … Arctic from the US government's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) . There are …
Forty years ago this month, Neiton Pilpel investigated oil pollution at sea. As oil spills became ever more common, can marine life cope?
… Ben Martin | 5th March 2012 Other Marine Sea Ocean Oil Spill Sealife Crude Pollution 40 … Examining the impact of oil spillages on ocean ecology, he explained how naturally … remote parts of the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans, suggesting the contaminating effect of …
International polling today revealed strong public support for a formally protected area in the High Arctic for mammals and other marine life. The weakest support came from Japan, where opinion was evenly split over the industrialization of the Arctic.
… with 80%. Currently only 1.5% of the Arctic Ocean is protected - less than any of the world's oceans. In the past two months, more than 900 … in the international waters of the Arctic Ocean around the North Pole." The biggest …
As the Arctic ice retreats, a fragile but resource-rich landscape replete with oil, minerals, fish and islands is opening up, writes Conn Hallinan. A new land-rush is on, and it could all lead to war. But it can be avoided provided states respect the rule of law and build on existing regimes of cooperation to protect the precious Arctic environment.
… | 25th November 2014 News Arctic Politics Oceans Oil Mining Law arctic-walrus-cut.jpg As … Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. It would be the last that the 19th … Lemonosov Ridge , which divides the Arctic Ocean into two basins and runs under the Pole, …
BP's plans to explore for oil in the deep seas of the Great Australian Bight came under fire today at the company's Annual General Meeting in London, writes Graham Readfearn. The drilling would risk the ocean's rich marine wildlife - while blowing a massive hole in Australia's COP21 emissions targets.
… News Oil Energy Corporations Climate Change Oceans Pollution COP21 Emissions bunda cliffs … Graham Readfearn. The drilling would risk the ocean's rich marine wildlife - while blowing a … wells as much as 2,200 metres down on the ocean floor are the most advanced. …
The US, long the world's biggest oil consumer, has just surpassed Saudi Arabia to become the world's top oil producer, writes Don Lieber. Oil exports to Europe and Asia will begin shortly. Now what was that Obama said about climate change? Oh, forget it ...
… a senior climate scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , said, … fossil fuels, CO2 in the atmosphere and oceans will continue to increase ... It is … permits for the Gulf of Mexico, the Arctic Ocean and (reversing a decades-long …
Greenpeace are calling for a curb on Arctic oil exploration in order to save this fragile wilderness
… action to stop oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean (Image: Peter Prokosch/UNEP - … changed COMMENT Arctic special Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice It's not …
The Port of Seattle is violating its shoreline permit in allowing Shell to set up a 'home port' for its Arctic oil drilling fleet, according to Seattle officials. The finding could nix Shell's oil drilling plans for the 2015 season.
… Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean received what may prove a fatal blow … operations." Shell's disastrous 2012 Arctic Ocean drilling and transport operations … during its efforts to drill in the Arctic Ocean that year. In December 2014, one Shell …
Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden has announced that the company will not attempt to drill in the Alaskan Arctic in 2014. Greenpeace responds: 'Get out for good!'
… future plans to drill in the remote Arctic ocean. "Shell's Arctic failure is being … future plans to drill in the remote Arctic ocean. …
As a new oil-fever gathers pace in Arctic countries such as Greenland the lesson from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees reports
… Rees reports Rumours that a deeper, darker ocean flows beneath the cold coastal waters of … regions COMMENT Arctic special Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice It's not …
A unique and pristine coral reef in the mouth of the Amazon is threatened by oil drilling planned by oil giants Total and BP, say the scientists who recently explored it. But the oil companies are determined to press ahead despite the risks, writes Lawrence Carter, and Brazil's environment ministry is set to give its approval.
… where the Amazon pours into the Atlantic Ocean. The discovery amazed scientists because the murky waters shield the ocean floor from sunlight for long periods of … Coastal Zone." Another member of the team, oceanographer Patricia Yager, told the …
Shell's Arctic drilling expedition is literally on the rocks after its icebreaker MSV Fennica suffering a metre-long gash to its hull below the waterline, writes Zachary Davies Boren.
… | 13th July 2015 News Oil Arctic Corporations Oceans icebreaker_fennica-cut.jpg The … 2012 attempt at drilling in the Arctic Ocean - which ended with one of their …
Oil majors are gearing up to exploit Arctic oil, writes Mike G. But they don't want to carry the costs of all the safety equipment the US Government is demanding to protect the fragile Arctic environment from spills. And they're reluctant to give up the use of toxic chemical dispersants.
… 2014 News Arctic Oil Fossil Fuels Toxics USA Oceans Pollution arctic-oil-greenpeace-cut.jpg … drilling blueprint with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that would have the …
Russia last week planted a flag on the Arctic seabed while the Canadian Prime Minister announced $57 million plans to establish military control over a key future Arctic shipping route, in symbolic moves to seize previously inaccessible Arctic fossil fuel reserves.
… This will have profound effects on wildlife, ocean circulation and global climate. … instrumental in forming the Gulf Stream, the ocean current that warms the west coast of …
BP won't stop at dangerous deep water drilling: the company is bent on still more dangerous projects, including genetic modification and hacking the planet's atmosphere...
… one thing out of the BP-Halliburton-Transocean disaster it is this: do not trust those … schemes to re-engineer atmospheric and ocean systems in order to counteract global … sci-fi feel to them – dumping iron in the ocean to prompt plankton blooms that would …