Where’s the sea ice? 3 reasons the Arctic freeze is unseasonably late and why it matters Arctic sea ice levels have been falling for several decades. GraphicaArtis/Getty Images Mark Serreze, University of Colorado Boulder With the setting of the sun and the onset of polar darkness, the Arctic Ocean would normally be crusted with sea … Read more
“The world is waiting for a vaccine! There is no vaccine coming for climate change!” With this urgent appeal, the World Bank handed over a Law Enforcement Vessel to the Jamaican National Fisheries Authority (NAF) to take better and more decisive action against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) on its territories including the Exclusive … Read more
The book, A Farewell to Ice, by Peter Wadhams, tells the story of his unravelling of this alarming trend and describes what the consequences for our planet will be if Arctic ice continues to disappear at its current rate. This cart of the week, courtesy by Visual Capitalist, shows the change in the Arctic. Facebook Linkedin … Read more
Is anone listening, is anyone still reading? “Reports about saving the climate have become an annoying ritual. The hope of an agreement is dwindling, while greenhouse gas emissions are rising rapidly. Climate researchers, therefore, expect significant warming with uncertain consequences.” Everyone could write this after the unfortunate outcome of COP 25 in Madrid. But No, … Read more
Can environmental populism save the planet? Mark Beeson, University of Western Australia Populism and environmentalism are words seldom seen in the same sentence. One is associated predominantly with nationalists and charismatic leaders of “real people”, the other with broadly-based collective action to address the world’s single most pressing problem. Differences don’t get much starker, it … Read more
Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies Farm land near Holly Bluff, Miss., covered with backwater flooding, May 23, 2019. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis Deepak Ray, University of Minnesota Farmers are used to dealing with weather, but climate change is making it harder by altering temperature and rainfall patterns, as in … Read more
US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must US Air Force fighters during the 1991 Gulf War. Everett Historical/Shutterstock Benjamin Neimark, Lancaster University; Oliver Belcher, Durham University, and Patrick Bigger, Lancaster University The US military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, … Read more
The World Ocean Day – Blue Economy and Jamaica Today – as it is done every year on 8 June since 2009 – we will celebrate the World Ocean’s Day. By its resolution 63/111 of 5 December 2008, the UN General Assembly designated 8 June as World Oceans Day. I love this day, because it is … Read more
Sea creatures store carbon in the ocean – could protecting them help slow climate change? A sperm whale goes down for a dive off Kaikoura, New Zealand. Heidi Pearson, CC BY-ND Heidi Pearson, University of Alaska Southeast As the prospect of catastrophic effects from climate change becomes increasingly likely, a search is on for innovative … Read more
Climate research needs to change to help communities plan for the future How can we design projects, such as tunnels, to last decades yet still account for the uncertain effects of climate change? AP Photo/Julie Jacobson Robert Kopp, Rutgers University Climate change is a chronic challenge – it is here now, and will be with … Read more