Biodiversity has substantially changed in one of the largest Mediterranean wetlands
The Camargue in southern France is widely recognised as one of the largest and most biodiverse wetlands in the Mediterranean region. Yet, some species have severely declined since the 1970s. This provides evidence of substantial deterioration of the Camargue ecosystem.
North Stradbroke Island: sand mining ends in three weeks?
The Australian Labor Government passed laws in 2016 to phase out sand mining on the island by the end of 2019.
Thousands of Mysterious Holes Have Been Found in The Ocean Floor Off The Californian Coast
There’s a mystery lurking in the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of Big Sur, California. An underwater survey has found thousands of small, round divots scooped out of the soft sediment on the seafloor.
250,000 tons of plastic pellets known as nurdles pollute our oceans every year
Trillions of small plastic pellets known as nurdles have been escaping from petrochemical plants into waterways and oceans for decades. Only lately has serious action been taken to figure out what can be done, including a monumental settlement in Texas.
London has spent billions, but no one can escape climate change
The stark reality of climate change is that even the cities that seem best defended against rising sea levels face the potential of catastrophic flooding.
The race to lay claim on the Bering Strait as Arctic ice retreats
Melting sea ice is prompting fevered dreams of ever-easier access, and a renewed jockeying among Arctic nations for status, profit and ownership.
Meet the man who swam through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Ben Lecomte, a long-distance swimmer, swam the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from Hawaii to California to draw attention to plastic pollution. This is his Call to Earth.
World’s oceans are losing oxygen at a dangerous, unprecedented rate as temperatures rise, study finds
The world’s oceans are struggling to breathe, rapidly running out of oxygen at an unprecedented rate. Climate change is dangerously exacerbating the issue, scientists warned in a new study.
A storm brought some of the largest waves ever recorded off the California coast last week. One was 75-feet tall
The bomb cyclone that pounded the West Coast last week brought with it some of the tallest waves ever recorded off the California coast. A monstrous 75-foot wave was recorded about 20 miles off the coast of Cape Mendocino in northern California.