A coral reef dies as climate change devastates one of the most pristine tropical island areas on Earth
By Sam Purkis The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches…
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Ocean pollution knows no borders, it is a clear danger to human health
By Jacqueline McGlade and Philip Landrigan Ocean pollution is widespread, worsening, and poses a clear and present danger to human…
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Plastic pollution in the oceans likely to be 30% worse than one year ago, study shows
The ocean has become yet another victim of the global coronavirus crisis. According to research published by the Environmental Science…
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Tornadoes are moving and becoming more deadly as climate fuels ocean heat waves
Tornado activity is shifting from the Great Plains to the Southeast, and the death toll caused by those twisters is…
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Laura just became an ‘unsurvivable’ super-hurricane. Here’s how global warming made it worse.
On Wednesday, Hurricane Laura strengthened into a Category 4 storm. Forecasters fear storm surges could reach 20-feet — large enough…
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Ship spills 1,000 tons of oil into the Indian Ocean
Thousands in Mauritius — from government officials to students and volunteers — are scrambling to contain the estimated 1,000 tons…
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Sea level rise puts about 900 toxic waste sites at risk for flooding
More than 875 toxic waste cleanup sites are at risk of flooding from even a low level of sea level…
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Deep sea mining would be highly unpredictable, costly
Deep seabed mining should be approached very cautiously because it could destroy undiscovered species and have negative consequences for marine…
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‘Quietly putting hundreds of species at risk’: Trump opens marine sanctuary to commercial fishing in midst of crises
President Trump signed a proclamation on Friday to allow commercial fishing in a large marine monument off the Atlantic Coast, despite questions…
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