Oceans
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Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansSoil & Natural Sequestration
Oceans Face Oxygen Loss, Acidification as Warming Challenges Ability to Absorb Carbon
With the Earth’s oceans rapidly and dangerously losing oxygen due to a combination of global warming and pollution, Greenpeace is urging countries to restore ... -
AfricaArctic & AntarcticaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
WMO Declares 2010s the Warmest Decade on Record as Climate Impacts Accelerate
The 2010s are almost certain to take their place as the warmest decade on record, and 2015-2019 as the five-year span with the highest ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyOceansOil & GasSub-National Governments
‘Unprecedented’ Interest Could Pour $4B into Oil and Gas Drilling Off Newfoundland and Labrador Coast
Oil and gas exploration off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to boom in the next few years, with fossils poised to ... -
AfricaArctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Forests & DeforestationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportMethaneMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaOceans
Nine Climate Tipping Points Could Pose ‘Existential Threat to Civilization’, Scientists Warn
With this year’s United Nations climate conference set to kick off in Madrid Monday morning, the Earth is in danger of crossing as many ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleBrazilCanadaCollateral DamageHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryOceansTar Sands/Oil Sands
EXCLUSIVE: Brazil Crude Oil Calamity Spells Warning for Canada
Eight weeks ago, the famed white sand beaches of northeast Brazil began blackening as globs of toxic oil suddenly appeared to coat or contaminate ... -
Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOceansOil & GasShale & Fracking
Years of Fossil Investments Deliver ‘No Value’ to Investors
Years of lavish funding for new offshore fossil developments are on track to deliver little or no return to their investors due to low ... -
New Device Captures Plastic Waste Before It Reaches the Oceans
A 25-year-old inventor in The Netherlands is out with a new solar-powered device, The Interceptor, designed to capture plastic waste in rivers before it ... -
‘Fountain’ of Escaping Methane Leaves Arctic Researchers Transfixed
Russian, Chinese, and Swedish scientists on a recent expedition to study the environmental consequences of marine permafrost melt in the Eastern Siberian Sea report ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionEuropeFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentOceansOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
Norway’s Biggest Pension Fund Dumps All Tar Sands/Oil Sands Investment
Norway’s biggest pension fund, Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP), has sold off US$58 million in stocks and bonds in Canadian tar sands/oil sands companies and declared ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaAsiaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarIPCC ReportMethaneMiddle EastOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Warming Will Produce Rapid Sea Level Rise, Annual ‘100-Year’ Storms, Declining Fish Stocks, Shrinking Glaciers Without Fast Climate Action: IPCC
The world’s oceans will rise nearly one metre (three feet) by 2100, 100-year coastal storms and flooding will happen annually, fish stocks will see ...
