Archive for March 2019
Our climate mitigation efforts will need to be ocean friendly
Nutrients released by agriculture can leak into waterways and affect the global water cycle.
UN: it’s too late to save the Arctic from warming
Winter temperatures in the Arctic could rise by 3°C by 2050 and between 5°C and 9°C by 2100.
Can Qatar and Dubai counter climate change in the Persian Gulf?
The nations in the inhospitable region aren't sitting idly by in the face of climate change.
Scientists shred phone in a blender to show climate costs
They reported 33 grams of iron, 13 grams of silicon and 7 grams of chromium in a standard mobile phone.
Microplastics ‘are everywhere’: in lakes, rivers and seas
Microplastics have permeated water sources globally from rivers right down to the depths of the oceans.
Illegal fishing is driving the last few vaquitas extinct
Critically endangered vaquitas' extinction is "virtually assured" unless conservation efforts are stepped up.