Tag: oceans
From UK to Norway, drillers legally dump tonnes of toxic, radioactive...
In many offshore oil and gas settings, oilfield waste is simply being dumped right into the ocean.
‘Should be a global wake-up call’: Coral reefs suffer fourth mass...
This phenomenon signals a dire warning about the escalating impacts of climate change on these vital underwater ecosystems.
Groundbreaking study exposes plastic pollution’s deep ocean graveyard
The investigation reveals that the ocean floor is besieged by up to 11 million tons of plastic waste, a figure that dwarfs the quantity observed on the water's surface.
Sea otters restore degraded California estuary, slowing erosion by 90 percent
One of the big reasons for the recovery is that sea otters love to eat the marsh crabs who were devouring the coastal ecosystem’s plants.
1 million gallon oil leak in Gulf of Mexico detected by...
Officials said the leak might be from the Main Pass Oil Gathering Company's (MPOG) pipeline system off the coast of New Orleans.
Ocean warming study so distressing, some scientists didn’t even want to...
Researchers examining the ocean off the east coast of North America found that the water's surface was 13.8°C, or 14.8°F, hotter than the average temperature between 1981 and 2011.
Enough commercial fishing gear lost in ocean each year to stretch...
The amount of gear lost annually includes more than 25 million traps and pots and almost 14 billion longline hooks.
Ships are dumping oil up to 3,000x per year in Europe’s...
“Whether it is a lack of resources by relevant national authorities, or flaws in EMSA’s accountability system, bilge dumping remains an uncomfortable and toxic reality in our oceans.”
Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the...
A study published in 2020 that concluded that the U.S. is the largest global source of plastic waste, including plastics shipped to other countries that later are mismanaged.
Nearly 29,000 tons of COVID plastic now floats in the oceans,...
A new study calculates for the first time how much of that waste is ending up in the oceans and what it is doing once it gets there.
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Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner to remove synthetic food dyes from US food supply
The agency will work with the food industry to revoke authorization for two of the dyes in the coming months and eliminate the remaining six come the end of the year.
Trump administration resumes student loan collections, threatening millions with garnished wages and economic hardship
Restarting federal loan garnishments and ending relief programs, the Trump administration advances a sweeping overhaul that critics say punishes struggling borrowers and deepens a national crisis.
The ever-expanding war machine
Dismantling the government while pumping up the Pentagon.
If fear is the goal, then solidarity is the antidote
So let this be our mantra: It outlaws me, and I outlaw it.
The 89%: Exposing the climate majority and the media silence that keeps them unheard
Despite overwhelming global support for bold climate action, most governments are falling short—and newsrooms may be helping them do it.