Greenland and Antarctica are both tracking the IPCC's worst-case climate warming scenario. Left unchecked, this will lead to an extra seventeen centimetres of sea level rise by 2100.
… lead to an extra seventeen centimetres of sea level rise by 2100. A team of 89 polar … of ice between 1992 and 2017 – pushing global sea levels up by 17.8 millimetres. Of the total sea level rise, 10.6 millimetres (60 percent) …
Thousands of volunteers have participated in a nationwide whale and dolphin watch in the UK, revealing striking biodiversity. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… | 23rd August 2018 News Whales Dolphins SeaSea Watch picture1.png Thousands of volunteers … reports Systematic watches from both land and sea have been undertaken at locations all …
Activists close almost 50 square miles of the Dogger Bank protected area in the North Sea to all destructive bottom trawling.
… the Dogger Bank protected area in the North Sea to all destructive bottom trawling. … boulders at precise intervals inside a North Sea protected area to ensure that bottom … the Dogger Bank’s protected feature, the seabed, which is in “unfavourable” condition. …
Rewilding conference signals fresh thinking for Scotland’s land and seas.
… fresh thinking for Scotland’s land and seas. A major conference in Stirling this … a world leader in restoring its land and seas to good health, so wildlife and … forests, peatlands, rivers, moorlands and seas, and the benefits this could bring for …
UK government admits BP drilling permit process was unlawful. Greenpeace will now apply to have BP’s permit quashed on climate grounds.
… BP’s permit to drill for new oil in the North Sea, a Greenpeace legal challenge reveals, … blocking its oil rig for 12 days in the North Sea last June, and took on BP in the courts by … to all other drilling permits in the North Sea. John Sauven said: “All the evidence tells …
Torres Strait Islanders are bringing a case to the UN’s Human Rights Committee against Australian Government's inaction on climate change.
… Political Rights. Severe impacts Advancing seas are already threatening homes, as well as … change on our islands daily, with rising seas, tidal surges, coastal erosion and … by the Torres Strait’s leading land and sea council that represents the regions’ …
Big oil ramps up efforts to gag climate campaigners as BP’s rig operator Transocean takes on Greenpeace in court.
… rig from drilling new oil wells in the North Sea for twelve days in June last year and … Greenpeace International targeting its North Sea oil rigs in the Brent field. Shell’s … oil rig on day 11 of the protest in the North Sea. 0 …
Greenpeace boss in court as BPs rig operator seeks jail and unlimited fines over rig protest.
… rig from drilling new oil wells in the North Sea for 12 days in June last year. Transocean … Greenpeace International targeting its North Sea oil rigs in the Brent field. Shell’s … oil rig on day 11 of the protest in the North Sea. - …
Lewis Pugh, the UN Patron of the Oceans, has swum 530 kilometres having set out from Land's End on 12 July. Pugh calls on the UK government to urgently strengthen Marine Protected Areas around the UK and Overseas Territories. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… Marine Protected Areas around the UK and Overseas Territories. MARIANNE BROOKER reports … British Government to urgently protect the seas around the UK coast and British Overseas Territories by introducing more Marine …
Activists under the banner of Earth First! take on coal mining in the North East of England.
… change such as flooding and the expected sea level rise will affect coastal areas … generated in the UK in 2018. Recent research by Friends of the Earth has shown that …
A team of scientists has discovered that basking sharks can jump as fast and as high out of the water as their cousin, the famously powerful and predatory great white shark. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… Marianne Brooker | 25th September 2018 News Research Marine Life Sharks Aquatic … for being slow and languid as they scour the sea for their staple diet of plankton. … shores of Cornwall, Ireland and Scotland. Researchers used video analysis for basking …
‘Governments must consider a heating planet’s imminent threat to Pacific peoples’ lives.’
… Schuetze, Amnesty International’s Pacific Researcher, said: “The decision sets a global … and Tuvalu are only one or two metres above sea level. "The people there are exposed to …
The fourth 24-hour climate change hackathon is taking place simultaneously in major cities around the world.
… recast the role of plastics in our lives our seas will have more plastic than fish by 2050, … Rocks Lab, makers of the ubiquitous Ooho! seaweed-based water bottle ‘bubbles’ whose … has just teamed up with Just Eat to trial seaweed-based packaging for fast food …
The Environmental Justice Foundation has documented gross human rights violations and serious illegal fishing offences aboard the Taiwanese Fuh Sheng 11. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… “We felt angry, but could do nothing while at sea. […] We don’t dare because we are not… …
Upcoming government waste strategy must act on ‘invisible’ microplastics pollution.
… toxic pollutants from the surrounding seawater, making them even more poisonous to … gills and skin. In October 2018, new research revealed that plastic had been … scheme • A car tyre levy, to pay for research into solutions, and for mitigation …
Global upswell of civil society organisations, communities and academics tells EC to align raw materials sourcing plans with the interests of people and planet.
… of ' new frontiers' - like the deep sea- from mining. Speaking to these …
Thousands of shoppers across the world will take action against single-use plastics in supermarkets this Saturday. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
… but a very long-term burden for the world. Research has shown the vast majority of it never … accept back their waste. A group of researchers and experts has also been working … the global challenge of mismanaged waste. Research suggests only about one tenth to one …