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New report shows impacts of climate change and extreme weather in Latin America and Caribbean
Climate change and extreme weather are threatening human health and safety, food, water and energy security and the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean. The impacts span the entire region, including...
Ozone Research Managers Say no Room for Complacency on Ozone Layer Recovery
Ozone experts from around the world have stressed the importance of systematic observations to monitor the state of the ozone layer and the presence of ozone-depleting substances, and to increase understanding of...
Western Indian Ocean region has Declared 550,000 Square Kilometers as Protected, a 63 percent Jump Since 2015
The Western Indian Ocean region has declared 143* marine and coastal areas as protected – an area covering 553,163 square kilometers, representing 7 percent of the total Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for...
Growing Underwater Noise in the Arctic Puts Whales and Other Animals at Risk
Until recently, the Arctic Ocean's ice cover made it a natural “acoustic refuge” for marine animals for much of the year. Many marine animals, including narwhals, belugas, and bowhead whales, rely on clicks,...
The Eye Of Fire In The Gulf Of Mexico Wasn’t The Only Time The Ocean Caught Fire This Year
Remember the fire that happened in the Gulf of Mexico a few days ago? This wasn’t the first ocean fire of this year and definitely not the last. So far, there were three in...
Pollution From Farming and Harbours Imperils Coastal Habitats: New Report
The plants and animals that live along the world’s coasts are coming under increased pressure from pollution tied to harbours, agriculture, and fish and shrimp farming, warns a new report from the...
Three Ways the US can Act on the Plastic Waste Crisis and Protect our Oceans
An exorbitant amount of plastic waste continues to plague our oceans, threatening marine life and the people who depend on these waters for their livelihoods. An estimated 11 million metric tons of...
Tons of toxic microplastics are covering Sri Lanka’s western coastline
Sri Lanka is facing one of the worst environmental disasters in its history after tons of plastic pellets have washed ashore near its capital devastating kilometers of pristine beaches and threatening marine...
Stop Destroying our Ocean
European countries claim to want to protect the ocean and restore biodiversity in this ecological and climate emergency. As such, the EU must finally phase out destructive fishing practices, starting with an...
Seagrass meadows, coral reefs and destructive fishing
A remote area in the middle of the Indian Ocean, between the Seychelles and Mauritius, this underwater plateau the size of Belgium is home to the world’s largest seagrass meadow, some of...
Greenpeace: Stop Deep Sea Mining Before It Begins
In March 2021, the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior set sail to a place called the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean to stop an emerging ocean threat – deep sea mining...
Looking to Help Restore the Natural World? Here’s Your Guide.
Food, water, medicine, energy: the planet’s ecosystems provide the essentials of life, so long as they’re taken care of.
Unfortunately, that hasn’t been happening. During the last several decades, human development has pushed...
UNEP and Google Partner to Hunt for Plastic Pollution With Machine Learning
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced that it is working to fight plastic pollution using citizen science and machine learning, with technical advisory support from Google. With Google’s support, UNEP will...
White Paper on the Future of Weather and Climate Forecasting
The advancement of our ability to predict the weather and climate has been the core aspiration of a global community of scientists and practitioners, in the almost 150 years of international cooperation...
Unless we Urgently Rethink Agriculture, More Diseases will Jump Species
As the world grapples with the current pandemic, other threats, not least our climate emergency, have not gone away. In 2020, the economic disruption from Covid-19 cost the world’s economy more than...
Got Climate Change? Kelp Can Help
Kelp, which most of us refer to as seaweed, may be an important tool in the quest to limit the effects of a warming planet. Much of the carbon dioxide emitted into...
