Oceans
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Newfoundland Fossils Demand Big Federal Bailout While Drilling Program Faces Legal Challenge
Fossils in Newfoundland and Labrador are warning that the industry crash brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has thrown exploration commitments worth billions of ... -
U.S. Braces for Above-Average Hurricane Season on Top of Pandemic
The United States is likely facing an above-average hurricane season, with the prospect of unprecedented challenges if storms make landfall while officials are still ... -
Air & MarineBiodiversity & HabitatHealth & SafetyOceansOil & GasSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Idling Tankers Clutter Shores, Spew CO2 While Waiting out Oil Crash
As the global collapse in fossil fuel demand leaves oil tankers—and their toxic cargo—idling offshore around the world, the International Council on Clean Transportation ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesFood SecurityIce Loss & Sea Level RiseOceans
Arctic Ocean Study Documents Rapid, Unprecedented Change
From melting ice to spiking acidity, from stagnating thermoclines to troubled food chains, frighteningly rapid changes are under way in the waters of the ... -
Pandemic Produces Unprecedented Disruption of Climate Data Collection
Both short-term weather forecasting and long-term climate studies are under threat from COVID-19 as the imperatives to shelter in place and practice physical distancing ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansPetrochemicals & Plastics
‘Remarkable’ Conservation Gains Show Oceans Could Be Fully Restored by 2050
A series of isolated but remarkable examples of biological resilience show that conservation efforts could fully restore the glory of the world’s oceans within ... -
CitiesDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesUnited States
AccuWeather Predicts Above-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season
Meteorologists at commercial weather service AccuWeather are forecasting the fifth straight above-average Atlantic hurricane season, with a projection of 14 to 18 tropical storms ... -
Batteries/StorageBitumen BubbleCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentOceansOil & GasSolarWind
European Oil Major Cuts Costs, Protects Renewables, as Stranded Fossil Assets Begin Looking ‘Inevitable’
Like most of their counterparts around the world, colossal fossils in Europe are slashing spending in response to an oil price crash triggered by ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansSevere Storms & Flooding
Polar Ice Melt Sped Up Six-Fold from 1990s to 2010s
Polar ice caps in Greenland and Antarctica are melting six times faster than they were in the 1990s, putting them on track with the ... -
AustraliaBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Finance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesOceansOil & Gas
Equinor Scuttles Offshore Drilling Plan for Great Australian Bight
Norwegian colossal fossil Equinor announced late last month that it is abandoning a US$200-million plan to drill for oil in the deep waters of ... -
AsiaBuildingsCitiesDemographicsDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInsurance & LiabilityInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Coastal Cities Must Fight or Flee as Global Waters Rise
With global sea levels expected to rise an average of one to four feet by 2100, cities like San Francisco, Manila, and Boston are ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrawdownDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansPathways to 1.5Soil & Natural SequestrationSolarWind
Drawdown’s Latest ‘Tools of Possibility’ Show Path to 1.5°C, with 1,570 Billion Tons of Emission Cuts by 2050
Humanity can prevent or draw down 1,570 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions between 2020 and 2050 to approach a 1.5°C threshold for average ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansOil & GasSouth & Central AmericaTravel, Leisure & Recreation
World Bank Support to Guyana Megaproject Undercuts Promise to Stop Funding Fossils
The World Bank is undercutting its own carbon reduction commitments and putting entire Caribbean ecosystems at risk by directing US$55 million to support fossil ... -
Highly Toxic ‘Invisible Oil’ Made BP’s Deepwater Horizon Spill Even Worse
“Invisible oil” from BP’s horrific Deepwater Horizon catastrophe carried an even bigger, more damaging environmental footprint across the Gulf of Mexico than originally reported, ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseOceans
Antarctic Research Station Temperature Reading Hits Record High of 18.3°C
An Argentine research station in Antarctica logged an ominous new temperature record last Thursday with a reading of 18.3°C/65°C—warmer that day than Orlando, Florida, ...
