Oceans
Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists
By Matt McGrath and Mark Poynting
Apr 25, 2023
A recent, rapid heating of the world's oceans has alarmed scientists concerned that it will add to...
Ignoring science, environmental protection and international law – G7 endorses Japan’s...
Apr 16, 2023
Legacy of Fukushima disaster shows nuclear energy is no solution to energy and climate crisis.
Sapporo, Japan – The nations of the G7...
Reaching 1.5°C of Global Heating by 2024 Isn’t Even the Whole...
Does anyone out there still believe that our current system of growth at all costs is symbiotic with our existence?
By Simon Whalley
Jan 26, 2023
With...
Nations in the Americas Join Forces To Protect Pacific Ocean
Nine countries in the Americas have formed a coalition for the protection of the Pacific Ocean.
Jun 10, 2022
The 'Americas for the Protection of the...
UN Warns of ‘Total Societal Collapse’ Due to Breaching of Planetary...
By Nafeez Ahmed
26 May 2022
When the United Nations published its 2022 ‘Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction’ (GAR2022) in May, the world’s attention...
The deep impact of seabed mining
Deep seabed mining risks irreversible damage, monopolisation and exploitation, writes the University of Bremen's Pradeep A. Singh
Feb 8, 2022
The world’s ever-growing appetite for metals has pushed...
Greenpeace ‘terrified’ by Antarctica’s record ice melting
ANTARCTICA’S summer extent of sea ice is set for a record low, environmental group Greenpeace warned yesterday.
Data from the US’s National Snow and Ice...
As corporations fight to control the Pacific, Biden must act to...
By Andrea Folds and Jake Kornack,
Dec 6, 2021
Amid the global push for progress on climate change and the growing biodiversity crisis, the little-known International...
Chinese Unesco official defends plan to list Great Barrier Reef as...
Tian Xuejun rejects Australia’s ‘groundless accusations’ that China influenced the finding to score political points
By Graham Readfearn and Adam Morton
19 Jul 2021
The Chinese host of...
Planetary boundaries
Planetary boundaries is a concept involving Earth system processes which contain environmental boundaries, proposed in 2009 by a group of Earth system and environmental...