Avainsana: sea
New environmental report offers solutions for ‘triple planetary crisis’
Deadly wildfires, noise pollution and other looming environmental threats could cause widespread ecological damage, and need to be urgently addressed, the UN Environment Programme…
New Satellite Data Techniques Reveal Coastal Sea-Level Rise
For the hundreds of millions of people living in coastal regions around the world, rising seas driven by climate change pose a direct threat. In…
Plastic pollution in the deep sea: A geological perspective
A new focus article in the May issue of Geology summarizes research on plastic waste in marine and sedimentary environments. Authors I.A. Kane of the…
Humanity’s construction footprint in the seas amounts to 32,000 square kilometers
From underwater tunnels to bridges to communication cables snaking across the ocean floor, structures made by humans are encroaching on marine life at an ever-growing…
Winter sea ice in Bering Sea reached lowest levels in millennia: study
The Bering Sea ice cover during the winters of 2018 and 2019 hit new lows not seen in thousands of years, scientists reported on Wednesday,…
‘Waste of time & resources’: Norwegian researchers call against cleansing seas of floating plastic waste
Cleaning floating plastic from the sea is a “lost cause” and trying to remove it can actually do more harm than good, new research suggests….
French refinery leaks toxic chemical into marine life area
An orange-brown chemical sheet spread over 15 acres (6 hectares) of a nationally recognized marine life area in the French Mediterranean following a leak at…
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