This is a special Upworthy series about encouraging action on climate change. Made Possible by Planet Victory; Narrative: Narrator: I’m on the phone with Jim on one of our regular check-ins. Jim, just nothing is happening. Hey, Jim. It’s going… Read more ›
From NOAA, for our readers, an article explaining how pH works and why it’s important to us: What is commonly referred to as “acidity” is the concentration of hydrogen ions (H+) in an aqueous solution. Some common examples are shown… Read more ›
EVANSVILLE, Indiana—To see one of the country’s largest coal-fired power plants, head northwest from this Ohio River city. Or east, because there’s another in the region. In fact, nearly every direction you go will take you to a coal plant… Read more ›
the generation of superoxide intermediates which reacts with the normally inert carbon dioxide, forming a carbon-carbon oxalate that is widely used in many industries, including pharmaceutical, fiber and metal smelting Read more ›
Acidifying oceans are often thought of as an intractable problem with only a sole global solution – decrease carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. While that is true, it is also unlikely, at least in the near term. But there are other… Read more ›
A Yale University study says global climate models have significantly underestimated how much the Earth’s surface temperature will rise if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase as expected. Yale scientists looked at a number of global climate projections and found… Read more ›
Scientists declare ‘global climate emergency’ after jet stream crosses equator Read more ›
Narrated by Michael Pollan. A powerful solution to the climate crisis can be found right beneath our feet—in the soil. By harnessing the immense power of photosynthesis, we can convert atmospheric carbon, a problem, into soil carbon, a solution. Emerging… Read more ›
This is a recent interview by Thomas Hartman of Prof. Wadhamm, who is: Peter Wadhams ScD (born 14 May 1948), is professor of Ocean Physics, and Head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and… Read more ›
NOAA scientists have released the first multispecies assessment of just how vulnerable U.S. marine fish and invertebrate species are to the effects of climate change. The study examined 82 species that occur off the Northeastern U.S., where ocean warming is… Read more ›
A new study finds the ocean is absorbing 50 percent more carbon than it was a decade ago, and that could have dire consequences for dolphins, whales, and other marine life. The paper published Saturday in the journal Global Biogeochemical… Read more ›
A rapid loss of phytoplankton threatens to turn the western Indian Ocean into an “ecological desert,” a new study warns. The research reveals that phytoplankton populations in the region fell an alarming 30 percent over the last 16 years. A… Read more ›
Falling oxygen levels caused by global warming could be a greater threat to the survival of life on planet Earth than flooding, according to researchers from the University of Leicester. A study led by Sergei Petrovskii, Professor in Applied Mathematics… Read more ›
Some photos from Edinburgh last weekend
As a result of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, the chemistry of the Southern Ocean is expected to change so fast over the next few decades that tiny creatures at the base of the food web may soon struggle to… Read more ›
Abstract Knowing the patterns of distribution of sediments in the global ocean is critical for understanding biogeochemical cycles and how deep-sea deposits respond to environmental change at the sea surface. We present the first digital map of seafloor lithologies based… Read more ›
The planet is on course to experience one of its warmest years on record, but scientists have been left baffled by a massive cold patch in the North Atlantic Ocean. The area, which lies just to the south of Greenland… Read more ›
What is Under One Sky? This September, world leaders will gather in New York to sign a once-in-a-generation agreement to tackle the most pressing issues of our time: poverty, inequality, and climate change. These ambitious “Global Goals” will mean a… Read more ›
Seas could rise as fast as three centimeters a year if fossil fuel consumption continues at its present rate. Such increases would amount to ten times the current rise of roughly three millimeters annually. But Antarctica’s vast ice sheets may… Read more ›
Firing seismic airguns to find new oil reserves in the Arctic Ocean is ‘alarming’ and could seriously injure whales and other marine life, according to a new scientific review. The oil industry is increasingly looking towards the region as climate… Read more ›
Scientists have warned that climate change may awaken dangerous microscopic pathogens. A 30,000-year-old giant virus has been unearthed in the frozen wastelands of Siberia and they said that they will reanimate it. Reanimate means restore to life or consciousness. A… Read more ›
Even optimistic estimates for what might be achieved at December’s Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris will not be enough to save the world’s coral reefs, according to a Plenary session analysis presented at the Goldschmidt conference in Prague. Speaking… Read more ›
Irreversibly increased nitrogen fixation in Trichodesmium experimentally adapted to elevated carbon dioxide Nitrogen fixation rates of the globally distributed, biogeochemically important marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium increase under high carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in short-term studies due to physiological plasticity. However, its long-term adaptive responses to… Read more ›
Although some people in the general public remain skeptical about the impacts of ocean acidification, a growing number of professionals who make their living off the ocean have become believers. A newly published survey found that more than 80 percent… Read more ›
One of the world’s most rapidly flowing glaciers may have just set another record, and it’s not one not that bodes well for low-lying coastal cities and nations around the world, which are vulnerable to sea level rise. During the… Read more ›
Abstract The invasion of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) into the ocean is shifting the marine carbonate system such that saturation states of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) minerals are decreasing, and this is having a detrimental impact on early life stages of… Read more ›
Abstract Seabird population changes are good indicators of long-term and large-scale change in marine ecosystems, and important because of their many impacts on marine ecosystems. We assessed the population trend of the world’s monitored seabirds (1950–2010) by compiling a global… Read more ›
