"Climate change ... poses nothing short of an existential threat to this island as it does to every part of this region," says Britain's Prince Charles on Caribbean tour

David Alire Garcia · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 19 Mar 2019

Climate Change

Oceans absorb almost 1/3 of global CO2 emissions, but at what cost?

Between 1994 and 2007, oceans absorbed 34 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide, or 31% of what humans put into the atmosphere during that time.

Olivia Rosane · EcoWatch 19 Mar 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Heatwaves are destroying ocean ecosystems like wildfires

A new study shows that marine heatwaves — periods when ocean temperatures spike for five days or more — are becoming more frequent and are having devastating effects on entire ecosystems.

Olivia Rosane · EcoWatch 07 Mar 2019

Climate Change

How can the seabed warn us about climate change?

Deep in the ocean, chemicals that line the seabed provide crucial information that can help scientists predict climate change.

Katharine Hendry · The Conversation 01 Mar 2019

Climate Change

Why plastic pollution shouldn't distract from other environmental challenges

Concern over plastic pollution has hit the headlines over the past couple of years, but according to some researchers it is one of the least pressing major issues facing the environment t...

Rick Stafford and Peter JS Jones · The Conversation 27 Feb 2019

Oceans

How frozen zoos are fighting to prevent extinction

Scientists are using frozen zoos to store cells of endangered animals threatened with extinction.

Nicola Marie Rivers · The Conversation 26 Feb 2019

Space

Satellites reveal a new view of Earth’s water from space

Operating and maintaining a network of thousands of river sensors is time consuming and expensive. Satellites are proving a worthy alternative.

Tamlin M. Pavelsky · The Conversation 26 Feb 2019

Oceans

What sea squirts can tell us about plastic pollution

Researchers from Israel have found that ascidians - also know as sea squirts - are a great barometer for local sea pollution levels.

Ari Rabinovitch · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 21 Feb 2019

Oceans

This is why we need to change the way we think about our rivers

If we fail to consider river systems as a whole, it could cause serious environmental problems in the future.

Ellen Wohl · The Conversation 18 Feb 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

How we can 'bank' water underground for use later on

Banking water by recharging aquifers underground, could be a way to recycle water, as well as reduce loss through evaporation.

Gaathier Mahed · The Conversation 12 Feb 2019

Oceans

The world's shellfish are under threat as our oceans become more acidic

This growing acidification of the oceans, caused by changes in the climate, is becoming a serious problem for the production of shellfish around the world.

Susan Fitzer · The Conversation 08 Feb 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Global warming is changing the colour of the oceans

As the ocean warms and acidity levels change, different types of phytoplankton will flourish, changing the way the ocean absorbs and reflects light.

Lorraine Chow · EcoWatch 07 Feb 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

These maps show the world’s rivers in stunning detail

Using Geographic Information Systems, Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs has created these beautiful graphics of the planet's watersheds.

Frank Jacobs · Big Think 07 Feb 2019

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