World’s first-ever pact aims to fight threats like climate change, over-fishing and deep-sea mining. The first-ever treaty to protect marine diversity in international waters will come into force ...
Under the lead of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), a review article outlined the state of the ...
In other words, the ocean’s ability to act as a carbon sink, one of Earth’s great natural defences against climate change ...
The dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs means the planet has now reached its first tipping point from human-caused ...
A new study from researchers at MBARI and the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science ...
Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that heat waves are ...
Three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of ...
A colossal brown ribbon of seaweed, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, stretches across the Atlantic Ocean. This massive ...
Around a billion people depend on coral reef ecosystems for food. However, scientists warned in the Global Tipping Points ...
Wildfires, severe floods and deadly heatwaves. The news can get you down sometimes. The problems of climate crisis are being felt, amping up dread that only world-threatening events can. It is not an ...
Coral reefs are one of the biggest casualties. “Corals support almost 25 percent of marine life because they serve as both a food source and a home. If corals are damaged or diseased, fish either ...
The Environmental Protection Agency faces challenges during a government shutdown. The agency's mission to protect health and the environment is at risk without a federal budget.