El Niño on Track to be Among Worst Ever, But World Better Prepared For Fallout – UN
The current El Niño, a weather pattern of devastating droughts and catastrophic floods that can affect tens of millions of people around the globe, is expected to strengthen further by year’s end, on track to be one of the three strongest in 65 years, according to the latest update from the United Nations weather agency.
Rising Seas Ruining Lives in Togo
Togo’s former capital city, Aneho, and dozens of surrounding villages, along with the main road that links the west African country to Benin, are likely to disappear from the map by 2038, if nothing is done to reverse the erosion that is currently eating away between six and 10 meters of coastal land each year.
Preserving Mangroves Provides Protection and Food Security
The aerial roots of the mangroves regulate tides and nurture the silt in the coastal ecosystem thereby sustaining diverse varieties of fish and crops…
Oceans, Ocean Activism, Deserve Broader Role in Climate Change Discussions
Researchers argue that both ocean scientists and world leaders should pay more attention to how communities around the globe are experiencing, adapting to and even influencing changes in the world’s oceans and coastal environments.