Scientists are calling for urgent global action to address the escalating issue of marine plastic pollution, as a recent study identified deadly ocean hotspots.
… as a recent study identified deadly ocean hotspots. Scientists have revealed areas of the ocean where some of the world’s most … group of marine birds that play a key role in oceanic food webs. The breadth of their …
Damage caused by deep-seabed mining would be extensive and irreversible, says new report.
… Deep Sea Mining Endangered Species Oceans Marine Conservation Marine Life … ecosystems to disturbance the ability of the ocean floor to recover from mining impacts. The role of the ocean in regulating the climate, the societal …
Scientists are urging the Biden administration to protect the endangered Gulf of Mexico whale from extinction - which are under threat due to fossil fuel extraction.
… England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life. Critical The Gulf of Mexico … over the next several months. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is expected to issue a … experts from Cornell University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, marine research …
The first in a three-part interview on capitalism and climate breakdown from the podcast Political Economy for the End Times.
… the inertia of climate processes, including oceanic thermal inertia, and because of the … energy back into space, forests burning, oceans releasing more and more carbon dioxide, … inevitably cascade, taking the carbon in the oceans and in the atmosphere soaring past …
A global restoration effort aims to protect mangroves - as a study reveals the extent of climate-related destruction.
… larvae, and termites. Further towards the ocean, the LWD is being degraded more quickly … tidal elevation. The second is an increase in ocean acidity caused by rising CO2 in the …
Is geoengineering realistic, is it safe - or is it just sleight of hand?
… This was the plan of Planktos Inc. , whose ocean fertilization experiments conjure up a … Let’s imagine the chosen method is ocean seeding. It leads to unforeseen … Moscow considers torpedoing America’s ocean fertilisation vessels but instead …
Len McCluskey, the leader of the Unite union, supported the vote for a third runway at Heathrow Airport and called for Labour MPs to vote with the Tories and DUP. GARETH DALE argues this was a set back for trade unionists the world over
… and landings per year, it will siphon oceans of hydrocarbons from the lithosphere …
The second in a three-part interview on capitalism and climate breakdown from Political Economy for the End Times.
… technological discoveries: solar farms on the oceans that can create methane for conversion … scaling up technologies. Take solar farms on oceans. They may be possible, but can they be …
How does capitalism condition the ways in which we measure, imagine and weaponise time - and what does this mean for our future?
… future warming pent up in the form of oceanic thermal inertia , and the irreversible … feedback mechanisms ( albedo decline , oceanic methane release, etc.) that are …
The great acceleration - in GDP, population, cities, travel, deforestation, pollution - is on some metrics stuttering. What does this mean for a just transition?
… with its multitudinous methane leaks , and ocean drilling with its ecocidal spills. In …