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Oil drillers move into Arctic waters badly affected by climate change
The Barents Observer discusses how oil drillers are moving into Arctic waters badly affected by climate change. Sea-ice is shrinking, permafrost melting and marine ecosystems undergoing dramatic change. Russian petroleum companies plan big drilling and massive field development in the shallow waters of the Ob Bay.
Oil reserves and natural […]
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Report: Plastic pollution: Washed clothing’s synthetic mountain of ‘fluff’
BBC discusses Plastic pollution: Washed clothing’s synthetic mountain of ‘fluff’.
When you add it up, the total amount of synthetic microfibres going into the wider environment as we wash our clothes is an astonishing number.
US scientists estimate it to be 5.6 million tonnes since we first started wearing those polyester […]
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Wildfires – multiple articles
NPR discusses Climate Change Is Not The Only Reason For Record Wildfires. There are a couple other big things going on here that we have to consider. And one is that we’ve also spent the last century stamping out wildfires, and we actually continue to do this today. It’s just […]
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Study: Ocean warming has seafloor species headed in the wrong direction
Science Magazine discusses how ocean warming has seafloor species headed in the wrong direction.
As the world warms, many species of plant and animal will have to find new—often cooler—places to live. But things are trickier for sedentary marine creatures like snails, worms, and clams, according to a new study. […]
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Advance of Russian oil could mean death to life in great Arctic bay
The Barents Observer discusses how the advance of Russian oil could mean death to life in great Arctic bay. The unprecedented development of petroleum resources in and around the shallow waters of the Ob Bay threatens a unique ecosystem.
The Arctic summer season is short and there is plenty of drilling, […]
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Australia Floats Plan to Better Protect Great Barrier Reef
Scientific American discusses a new Australian plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef. The proposal aims to control water pollution and coastal development that can damage the diverse ecosystem.
Australian officials plan to redouble their efforts to save the Great Barrier Reef from the effects of global warming.
The world’s largest coral reef […]
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As Deep-Seabed Mining Ramps Up, Scientists Race to Study the Environmental Effects
The Revelator discusses how, As Deep-Seabed Mining Ramps Up, Scientists are racing to Study the Environmental Effects. Timing is running short to develop an international framework to help prevent environmental harm to deep-sea life and to share resources equitably among nations, experts say.
Mining the ocean floor for submerged minerals is […]
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What Have We Done to the Whale?
The New Yorker discusses what we have done to the whale. The creatures once symbolized our efforts to save the planet; now they demonstrate all the ways we have devastated it. Hunting drove many whale populations nearly to extinction. Now environmental degradation threatens to do it again.
“Would we know it, […]
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Milne Ice Shelf Ecosystem, We Hardly Knew Ye
Hakai Magazine discusses the collapse of the Milne Ice Shelf ecosystem. When the last of the Arctic’s ice shelves collapsed in early August, it took a newly discovered ecosystem with it.
The Milne Ice Shelf contained startling secrets that were just beginning to be discovered. In early August, the floating glacier, […]
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Study: How 14 Elephant Seals Assisted an Antarctic Ice Study
The NY Times discusses how 14 Elephant Seals Assisted an Antarctic Ice Study. Mapping currents in the Southern Ocean is vital to monitoring climate change, but hard to conduct. So scientists turned to seals for help.
At the bottom of the planet is the Southern Ocean, its waters cold […]
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