Sea Defences Not Enough to Protect Delta Cities From Rising Flood Risk
Rich nations spend huge sums to keep the seas at bay but wealth may not save them indefinitely.
2015 Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Above Average
Scientists have found this year’s Gulf of Mexico dead zone — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is, at 6,474 square miles, above average in size and larger than forecast by NOAA in June.
Plains Says California Oil Spill Could Be Larger Than Estimated
Plains All American Pipeline LP’s ruptured California oil pipeline may have spilled 41 percent more crude than currently estimated.
Seagrass Thrives Surprisingly Well in Toxic Sediments, But Still Dies All Over The World
New studies of seagrasses reveal that they are surprisingly good at detoxifying themselves when growing in toxic seabed. But if seagrasses are stressed by their environment, they lose the ability and die. All over the world seagrasses are increasingly stressed.
Adele Island
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of Adele Island, off of Australia’s north coast. Adele Island has been classified as an important bird area because it is a breeding site of world importance for lesser frigatebirds and three other species.
Toxic Algae Blooming in Warm Water from California to Alaska
A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and deeper than scientists feared even weeks ago.
STOP SHELL’S ARCTIC DRILLING PLANS! NRDC Petition
Shell Oil is racing to sink its drills into the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea — and the Obama Administration has given them the green light. This comes despite the government’s own estimates that there’s a 75% chance of a major oil spill in the Arctic Ocean…
Obama’s Clean Power Plan Hailed as US’s Strongest Ever Climate Action
Hundreds of businesses have issued their support for Barack Obama’s clean power plan, billed as the strongest action ever on climate change by a US president. The rules, announced on Monday, are designed to cut emissions from power plants and have been strengthened in terms of the long-term ambition
Our Environmental Deficit is Now Beyond Nature’s Ability to Regenerate
The world enters ecological ‘overshoot’ this year on 13 August -marking the date when humanity exhausted nature’s budget for the year- six days earlier than last year.