Coral Reef Conservation Program Awards $9.3 Million In Grants
Newly released grants are directed to diagnose coral reef degradation and to find solutions.
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Choices Made Now Are Critical For The Future Of Our Ocean & Cryosphere
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious and coordinated action to address unprecedented and enduring changes in the ocean and cryosphere.
Climate Change Is Reducing The Beach Area At Ballena Marine National Park, Costa Rica
The accumulation of greenhouse emissions in the atmosphere has caused an increase in global temperatures, causing deterioration to the polar caps, as well as the expansion of saltwater molecules which end up occupying more space. As a result, the sea level rises and the wave range breaks closer to coastal areas.
New Report On Plastics & Climate — The Hidden Costs Of A Plastic Planet
Amanda Kistler, Director of Communications and Development at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), has shared a new report with CleanTechnica. The full report, Plastic & Climate The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet, was released on May 15, 2019. Below is a summary of the report and several highlights from it.
6 Signs Of Hope For The Ocean
It’s easy to lose sight of good news amid the barrage of negative stories about the threats facing the ocean—everything from growing plastic pollution to dying coral reefs. However, there is a lot to celebrate when you look more closely at ocean-related developments.
30 Years After Exxon Valdez, New Perspectives On Fossil Fuel Dangers
The impacts of the spill left an entire generation reeling from the impacts of oil pollution.
Animal Agriculture & Water
This is the part two of a multi-article series on the connection between animal agriculture and various societal and environmental problems. This article covers animal agriculture’s connection to freshwater use, freshwater quality, water pollution violations, fishes and other sea animals, ocean hypoxia, and declining phytoplankton in the oceans.
What Color Should Corals Be?
As the sea gets warmer, corals are bleaching. Coral-gardening projects are now flourishing all over the globe to prevent this underwater mangrove from turning completely white.
Ocean Plastic Cleanup Project Is Better News Than You Might Think
Boyan’s vision could have fallen apart at multiple points over the past five years. Reisser’s study or someone else’s could have shown a much more even distribution of plastics through dozens of meters of water column. Plastics could have degraded more quickly in ocean water and sunlight. He could have failed to capture many people’s imaginations.
World’s Coral Reefs Reaching The Point Of No Return
The vast majority of the world’s coral reefs are now reaching the point of no return — the point at which it wouldn’t even theoretically be possible to save them from disappearing completely.
