Inside the DIY Movement to Fight Coastal Erosion
For as long as David Cottrell could remember, his hometown had been falling into the sea. In the early 1960s, when Cottrell was 3 years old, an abandoned US Coast …
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Trawling Boats Are Hauling Up Ancient Carbon From the Ocean Depths
The fillet of flounder sitting on your plate comes with a severe environmental cost. To catch it, a ship running on fossil fuels spewed greenhouse gases as it dragged a …
These Mining Companies Are Ready to Raid the Seabed
But deep-sea mining is considered a risky business not just because of environmental concerns. Norway’s startups are betting on an industry that doesn’t yet exist. “It could end up not …
The Surprising Things That Helped Make 2023 the Hottest Year Ever
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In this graph, the orange line shows the global sea surface temperature throughout 2023. The other squiggles are previous years, with the uppermost dashed black line being the average between …
Norway’s Deep-Sea Mining Decision Is a Warning
In a memo published in November 2023, Norwegian law firm Wilkborg Rein said that passing the bill with an inadequate environmental assessment could violate not only the country’s own laws …
Norway poised to open vast ocean area to controversial deep-sea mining
Activists take part at a “Look Down action” rally to stop deep sea mining outside the European Parliament in Brussels on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) …
The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans
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And yet, defiantly, these alien seas remain liquid. A Mirror-Wrapped Ocean Scientists suspect that a handful of moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn—and maybe even some spinning around Uranus and Neptune—harbor …
COP28, didn’t the oceans deserve more attention?
The oceans are a common good shared by humanity. Their presence — a gift — connects us all culturally, economically and morally. Yet formal dialogue on marine environments is still …
American woman killed after Blue Lagoon ferry sinks in Bahamas: Video
One dead as Bahamas ferry sinks taking passengers to Blue Lagoon Island The accident took place Tuesday after a two-deck passenger boat departed Paradise Island, Nassau, while ferrying tourist to …
Scientists Have Been Freezing Corals for Decades. Now They’re Learning How to Wake Them Up
This story originally appeared in Hakai and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Arah Narida leans over a microscope to gaze into a plastic petri dish containing a hood …