Environmental Activists Celebrate a ‘Victory for Our Oceans’

Jon Queally / Common Dreams Dec 29, 2019 A court ruling upholds protections for one of the most fragile and scientifically important areas in the North Atlantic. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

WWF Sounds Alarm After 48 Pounds of Plastic Found in Dead Whale

COLLEEN BARRY / The Associated Press Apr 2, 2019 "It is the first time we have been confronted with an animal with such a huge quantity of garbage," says a biologist in Padua, Italy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Humans Have Damaged Most of the Seas, Apart From Climate Change

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Aug 9, 2018 Humankind has already disturbed or degraded six-sevenths of the world's oceans. And that is apart from the rising acidification and other malign consequences of global warming. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Fish Wars’ Loom as Climate Change Warms Waters

Paul Brown / Climate News Network Jun 25, 2018 As cooler waters tempt fish to escape growing warmth, international agreements on fishing rights become outdated, heightening tensions between states. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Growth of Threatened Otter Population Appears Stuck

ELLEN KNICKMEYER / The Associated Press May 17, 2018 Wildlife experts up and down the West Coast are struggling to figure out how to restore the crucial coastal predator to an undersea world that's falling apart in their absence. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Plastic Flotsam Infecting Coral Reefs

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jan 29, 2018 The material provides a life raft for deadly bacteria—and a way of colonizing coral reefs with killer diseases. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Aquatic Life at Risk as Carbon Levels Rise, Studies Show

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jan 22, 2018 Experiments in Australia confirm that increased temperatures reduce the flow of energy up the marine food web. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ocean Trash

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North Atlantic Carbon Intake Doubles

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Feb 13, 2016 The North Atlantic is gulping down twice as much industrial carbon as before and becoming increasingly acidic, intensifying threats to marine creatures. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Oceans Would Perish Even If Levels of Atmospheric Carbon Were Reduced

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 6, 2015 While the “future dramatic removal of huge volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere” could restore greenhouse gas concentrations to pre-industrial levels, the world’s oceans would “stay warmer, and more acidic, for thousands of years, and the consequences for marine life could be catastrophic” unless the burning of fossil fuels is stopped, a team of German researchers warns. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

BP Ruling

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What Is Killing All the Starfish?

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2014 Scientists are making some headway in figuring out what is killing millions of sea stars in the waters off the Pacific Coast, from British Columbia to Mexico. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )