Oceans
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Shipping Efficiency Would Save 7.9 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Increasing transport ship efficiency places #32 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. Efficiency gains of 50% across the sector, at a net cost of US$915.9 billion, ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMethaneOceans
Canada’s Arctic is Warmest in 10,000 Years as Region Faces ‘Unprecedented’ Change
Canada’s Arctic is the hottest it’s been in 10,000 years, and the Arctic as a whole is being transformed into an “unprecedented state”, according ... -
Mass Bleaching Drives Down Replenishment of Great Barrier Reef Corals by 89%
The replenishment of new corals on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef crashed 89% in a mass bleaching “event” in 2016 and 2017 triggered by climate ... -
CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesOceans
UN Agency Backs Futuristic Floating Cities as Hedge Against Sea Level Rise
A research coalition backed by a United Nations agency will look at the possibility of building floating cities to provide a futuristic form of ... -
‘Ecological Turmoil’ of Ocean Heat Wave Produces Six-Year Drop in Australian Dolphin Population
A single, extreme heat wave in Shark Bay, Australia spanning two months in 2011 drove down the local bottlenose dolphin population by 12% over ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOceansPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Canada Warming at Twice the Global Average, Deep Emission Cuts and Adaptation ‘Imperative’, Ottawa Concludes
Climate change is warming Canada twice as fast as the global average, Northern Canada is heating up nearly three times as fast, and three ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatEnergy PoliticsLegal & RegulatoryOceansOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
U.S. Judge Shoots Down Trump Repeal of Obama Ocean Drilling Ban, Puts 51.8 Million Hectares Off Limits to Fossils
A U.S. federal judge in Alaska put 128 million acres (51.8 million hectares) of Arctic and Atlantic Ocean waters off limits for oil and ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationFood SecurityIce Loss & Sea Level RiseOceansSub-National Governments
Climate Threat to North Atlantic Ecosystem Means Newfoundland Can’t Double Oil Production
Climate change is a threat to the entire North Atlantic ecosystem, and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador won’t be able to do its ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansPost-Carbon Transition
Climate Hero Darcy Belanger, Canadian Youth Delegates Killed in Ethiopian Airlines Crash
It isn’t every day that someone sets out to build an international environmental treaty with their bare hands. That’s what Darcy Belanger, Director of ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesOceans
Oceans ‘Spiking a Fever’ as Heatwaves Become More Frequent and Severe
A new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change says ocean heatwaves act like “wildfires that take out huge areas of forest” and are ... -
AsiaCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsOceansUnited States
Ocean Warming Leads to Declining Fish Stocks, with Developing Regions Hardest Hit
Ocean warming has delivered a significant decline in sustainable fish catches over the last century, but holding average global warming to 1.5°C would help ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrawdownDrive to 1.5Food SecurityOceansPathways to 1.5
Marine Permaculture Could ‘Reforest’ the Oceans, Draw 102 Gigatons of CO2 by 2050
Marine permaculture technology that seeds the world’s oceans with kelp forests while pumping up colder, nutrient-rich waters from the ocean depths is one of ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCCS & Negative EmissionsChinaCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5Energy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansOil & GasPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural SequestrationSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Exotic Carbon Capture Techniques Prop Up Fossil Interests, Aren’t Needed to Hit 1.5°C, New Study Asserts
The urgency and scope of the climate crisis are being needlessly exploited to drive fringe ideas like carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation ...
