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Artificial Reefs Could Help Save Our Oceans
The Smithsonian Institution calls coralline algae “the unsung architects of coral reefs.” These pink-colored seaweed, with a skeletal structure that resembles honeycomb, live in harmony with coral.
They strengthen the corals’ foundation by...
Next Three Years Will Decide Fate of Our Planet’s Climate, Experts Warn
Never has the paradox been greater. While the most powerful politician in the world is a climate denier, scientists are now warning that we have just three years to start making radical...
LEGO Builds Bolder Climate Targets
The LEGO Group today announced new 2020 targets to further reduce its manufacturing and supply chain greenhouse gas emissions as part of an extended partnership with environmental campaign group WWF.
The Danish toy...
Australia’s Clean Energy Seed Fund Raises $26 Million In Capital
The Clean Energy Seed Fund established just under a year ago as the first investment of the Coalition government’s re-badged Clean Energy Innovation Fund, has this week completed a $26 million capital...
New ABB Canada Headquarters Opens in Montreal
ABB yesterday officially inaugurated its new $90 million state-of-the-art Canadian headquarters and Customer Innovation Center, which will serve 700 employees who were previously spread across six locations in Greater Montreal. Campus Montreal...
Dams Significantly Impact Global Carbon Cycle, New Study Finds
There are an estimated 84,000 dams in the U.S., blocking more than 17 percent of rivers in the nation. Dams are interrupting wildlife habitats, damaging the ecosystem and impacting the global climate...
Historic Turkish Tomb Moved to Make Way for Hydroelectric Dam
An enormous 15th-century tomb in south-eastern Turkey has been moved to make way for a hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river.
The 1,100-tonne Zeynel Bey monument was lifted whole on Friday and transported...
Going, Going, Gone: Only 26 Glaciers Left in Glacier National Park
Warming temperatures have caused glaciers in Montana's iconic Glacier National Park to shrink an average of 39 percent over the past 50 years, with some glaciers losing 82 percent of their mass...
DUSKA DIMOVIC: Mankind Lives Beyond the Capacity of Nature
One of the most prominent actions in Serbia’s public life that deals with nature is 'Earth Hour'. It is an action that is being implemented throughout the world and the creators of...
Deep-Sea Mining Could Help Develop Mass Solar Energy but Only at a Cost to the Environment
Scientists have just discovered massive amounts of a rare metal called tellurium, a key element in cutting-edge solar technology. As a solar expert who specialises in exactly this, I should be delighted....
Scientists Say Only 10 Years Left to Save the Planet
The planet, as we know it, has been given a deadline: 10 years. According to the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, if humans don't reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically and maintain...
Irena Vojáčková-Sollorano: Green Climate Fund Will Be the Biggest Financial Mechanism
Climate change is a global problem and the obligation of each country is to actively participate in the fight against all these changes. Serbia plans to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement by...
World Water Day: One in Four Children will Live with Water Scarcity by 2040
One in four of the world’s children will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 as a result of climate change, the UN has warned.
Within two decades, 600...
Coral Reefs Are Dying Faster than Ever! We Have to Do Something, NOW!
Photo: 50reefs.org
Unless we act now, we could lose all reefs by 2050, risking the food source and livelihood of half a billion people.
Coral reefs are a critical global ecosystem. They support 25%...
Indonesia Pledges $1 Billion Annually to Tackle Ocean Pollution Problem
Indonesia unloads more plastic into the oceans than any other country, except China. But now the country plans to invest $1 billion every year to reduce ocean pollution 70 percent by 2025.
Indonesia...
Deputy Secretary-General, at General Assembly Event on World Wildlife Day
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the General Assembly event on World Wildlife Day, in New York on Friday:
I am pleased to be with you for this fourth observance...