There are now persistent, highly acidified stretches of water found all throughout the California Current System along the West Coast of the US, a 3-year survey of the region has found.
Kjell Inge Røkke, a wealthy Norwegian businessman, is partnering with the World Wildlife Foundation to build a Research Expedition Vessel that will conduct ocean research. When completed in 2020, it will be the world’s largest superyacht.
Ocean acidification is increasing at a rapid pace in the western Arctic Ocean — both with regard to area and also depth — new research from an international group of collaborators has found.
We reported recently on the extreme bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef seen this year, highlighting a piece written as an “obituary.” Thankfully, though, the obituary is still in actuality a tentative one, as the reef continues to hold on for now.
The Great Barrier Reef, located on the eastern coast of the continent now generally referred to as “Australia,” first started forming sometime right around 25 million years ago. Throughout its long history it has continually been the biggest, or one of the biggest, living structures in the world — and … [continued]
We don’t cover much of this stuff, but it’s why we’re in business. The climate is getting completely screwed up … fast. Heat Wave Lifts June to Record Hot Temp for US 7 Climate Records Set So Far In 2016 Climate Denial – Sign Of Civilization’s Decline? Algae & Politics In Florida Stink … [continued]
A new study in Nature Geoscience, led by Richard Zeebe of the University of Hawaii, looked at an anomalous time period called the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, or PETM. This phenomenon occurred about 56 million years ago, about ten million years following the beginning of the Cenozoic era (Age of Mammals), just about when … [continued]
Experts are beginning to wonder if we haven’t already exceeded the tipping point for life in the coral reefs. It is actually possible that living generations will never again experience the abundant coral reefs of only 50 years ago. Professor Peter F. Sale from the University of Windsor, Canada, says … [continued]
The UN’s Lima COP20 conference stands up very well in its final days against those who doubt or scorn international efforts to reduce climate impacts. It’s not just a lot of hot air. The congruence of international climate experts and decisionmakers is allowing organizations public and private, worldwide, to focus … [continued]
The record GHG figures the World Meteorological Organization reveals in its tenth annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin today are not cause for celebration. Atmospheric greenhouse gases rose even faster last year than in each of the 30 years before, according to the WMO’s Atmospheric Environment Research Division’s Research Department in Geneva. … [continued]
