How coral bleaching threatens Caribbean communities
A new study uses environmental, socioeconomic and management data from 30 Caribbean islands to identify which communities may be most at risk from the social and ecological effects of coral bleaching, which occurs when warm water causes coral polyps to expel algae living in their tissue.
The Real Price of a Chocolate Bar: West Africa’s Rainforests
Ivory Coast has lost more than 80 percent of its forests in the last 50 years, mainly to cocoa production. The government has a plan to turn over management of former forest to international chocolate manufacturers: Is it a conservation strategy or a land grab?.
Sand mining in a dune system, Chile
This is a normal situation here in this side of the world: when the legal go beyond the logic…
Vecino de Bocagrande ‘surfea’ en plena calle inundada por lluvia
“Our national government will invest 51 million us dollars to solve this with…. hard structures!”…
Florida is drowning. Condos are still being built. Can’t humans see the writing on the wall?
People tend to respond to immediate threats and financial consequences – and Florida’s coastal real estate may be on the cusp of delivering that harsh wake-up call.
US coastal businesses hit by everyday impact of climate change, study shows
Annapolis seeing sea rise at about twice the global rate. Flooding there foreshadows problems other coastal towns can expect.
Rapa Nui’s Stone Statues and Marine Resources Face Threats from Climate Change
On this island in the Polynesia region of the Pacific Ocean, 3,800 kilometers from the coast of Chile, to which it belongs, the effects of climate change are already evident.
Ecosystem changes following loss of great white sharks
A new study has documented unexpected consequences following the decline of great white sharks from an area off South Africa. The study found that the disappearance of great whites has led to the emergence of sevengill sharks, a top predator from a different habitat.
Great Barrier Reef hit by ‘extraordinarily large’ muddy flood plume
Massive plumes of polluted floodwater spanning the entire coast of north-east Queensland are encroaching on the outer reaches of the Great Barrier Reef, sparking a fresh threat to the beleaguered natural wonder.