In Colombia's archipelago of San Andres and Providencia, in the western Caribbean, fishermen are being paid $125 a month by the government to farm coral in an undersea gardening project.

Anastasia Moloney · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 16 Nov 2018

Future of Food

How our food system is eating away at nature, and our future

Food production is destroying ecosystems across the globe – all the more galling considering one-third of food never gets eaten. From changing our diets to upgrading farming techniques, w...

Joao Campari 16 Nov 2018

Oceans

How to end overfishing in the global South

Fishermen, NGOs and governments have made great progress in the global North. Now it's time to cooperate and implement sustainability in the South, too.

Rupert Howes 09 Nov 2018

Oceans

Your home could be lit by jellyfish in the future

Inspired by glowing jellyfish, young Spanish scientist Rubén Costa has developed BioLEDs that could help save the planet – as well as sufferers of Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Kate Whiting 09 Nov 2018

Oceans

The ocean floor is dissolving and it's our fault

High levels of human-made CO2 causes ocean acidification that is rapidly dissolving the seafloor, a new study warns.

Katherine Gombay-McGill · Futurity 09 Nov 2018

Oceans

An unexpected weapon in the fight against climate change? Seagrass

New research shows that seagrass is one of the most effective carbon stores.

Marianne Holmer · The Conversation 08 Nov 2018

Oceans

The sea floor is dissolving and it's our fault

New research shows that increasing levels of CO2 are causing the calcium buildup of the sea floor to dissolve.

Katherine Gombay-McGill · Futurity 08 Nov 2018

Oceans

What did 9/11 tell us about whales?

In the aftermath of 9/11, the absence of commercial shipping proved to be a unique opportunity to study whale behaviour.

Matthew Davis · Big Think 06 Nov 2018

Oceans

There's a refugee crisis in our oceans

Temperatures rises are putting delicate marine ecosystems at risk as fish and other sea life are forced to migrate.

Reuters Staff · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 06 Nov 2018

Oceans

This is how long everyday plastic items last in the ocean

Single-use man-made items like plastic bottles and disposable diapers can take up to 500 years to break down in the ocean. But governments are starting to fight back against global plasti...

Kate Whiting 02 Nov 2018

Oceans

Our oceans are 60% hotter than scientists originally thought, according to a new report

Researchers from Princeton University and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have found that oceans have absorbed more heat energy since 1991 than previously thought.

Kevin Kelleher · Fortune 01 Nov 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This remote south Atlantic island shows just how devastating our impact on nature can be

A recent study has shown the enormous impact of invasive house mice on 10 bird species on Gough Island - a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Olivia Rosane · EcoWatch 24 Oct 2018

Climate Change

State of the climate: New record ocean heat content and a growing El Niño

A new report from Carbon Brief looks at the state of the climate across the globe.

Zeke Hausfather · Carbon Brief 24 Oct 2018

Gender Parity

Just 2% of seafarers worldwide are women, but the industry is working to change that

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has picked empowering women as its theme for World Maritime Day 2019 as the industry aims to increase female participation in its workforce.

Magda Ibrahim · Raconteur 19 Oct 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2018

As August marks the end of the melt season, Greenland's surface mass budget (SMB) was the sixth highest on record.

Guest Post - Carbon Brief · Carbon Brief 18 Oct 2018

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