U.N. taking first step toward "historic" treaty on plastics pollution George Scott March 02, 2022 The United Nations was launching formal negotiations Wednesday on a global treaty to address the planet's "epidemic" of plastic trash....
Seawater seep may be speeding glacier melt, sea level rise Liang Lan February 14, 2022 The melting of ice sheets at the points where they float on and along the world's oceans is a major....
WWF: Plastic pollution affects 88% of marine species George Scott February 08, 2022 Wildlife group WWF said on Tuesday that plastic has infiltrated all parts of the ocean, calling for urgent efforts to....
The Ocean Will Soon Have More Plastics Than Fish George Scott January 20, 2022 The United Kingdom’s Environmental Investigations Agency (EIA) says that plastic will outweigh fish in the planet’s oceans by 2050.
Natural climate solutions cut a steady course through a sea of proposals for ocean carbon dioxide reduction Liang Lan January 03, 2022 The oceans have already helped us avoid even more extreme warming by absorbing nearly a quarter of all the carbon....
US Needs to Take Responsibility for Worldwide Plastic Pollution in Oceans George Scott January 02, 2022 The U.S. produces a large share of the global supply of plastic resin — the precursor material to all plastic....
Seals with sensors glued to heads employed as Antarctic researchers Liang Lan December 30, 2021 The team of researchers, used oceanographic data-logging equipment on the animals’ heads to get readings on water conductivity, temperature and....
Top 10 environmental news stories of 2020 Hannah Steiner January 05, 2021 2020 is a year that many people would like to forget. Here’s a look at 10 of the biggest environmental....