Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Ties Second Lowest on Record
Arctic sea ice appeared to reach its annual minimum extent on September 10, 2016, tied with 2007 for the second lowest in the satellite record. Since satellites began monitoring sea ice in 1979, researchers have observed a decline in the average extent of Arctic sea ice in every month of the year.
Lives in the balance: climate change and the Marshall Islands
The numerous atolls that make up the island nation are now regularly swamped due to sea level rise. But as more people flee for the US, many fear their culture will be lost to a country that has already taken so much from them.
Here’s why private property can become the public’s beach, NC
Unknown to many residents and tourists is the potentially pesky fact that property lines for most oceanfront lots extend well onto the dry sand beach.
Land reclamation project starts in Monaco
Work has begun on the maritime infrastructure that will constitute the first phase of the six-hectare land reclamation project. The total value of the maritime infrastructure works is approximately €1 billion.
Larger marine animals at higher risk of extinction, and humans are to blame
In today’s oceans, larger-bodied marine animals are more likely to become extinct than smaller creatures. It’s a pattern that is unprecedented in the history of life on Earth.
Norway and Turkey vote against ban on dumping mining waste at sea
Norway and Turkey were the only two of 53 countries to vote against an international ban on the dumping of mining waste at sea, at a major conservation summit in Hawaii last week.
Caribbean Sea earns US$400B a year, yet its marine ecosystem is increasingly threaten
In tandem with that increase in economic activity and earning is a projected rise in the number of threats to the ocean from the very activities which it supports. In the Caribbean Sea, 70 per cent of beaches are eroded due to destroyed reefs, sea level rise, and excessive coastal development.
Super Typhoon Meranti Bears Down on Taiwan and China
As Super Typhoon Meranti roars toward Taiwan and mainland China, officials and residents are preparing for the worst of the storm, which has become the most powerful of 2016.
A tenth of the world’s wilderness lost since the 1990s
Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology show catastrophic declines in wilderness areas around the world over the last 20 years.