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The Number One Thing We Can Do to Protect Earth's Oceans
2016-06-02 03:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BillMoyers.com: Scientists know how to cure many of the ills plaguing ocean waters farther than 200 nautical miles from shore, beyond the jurisdiction of nations. Restricting fishing, shipping and deep seabed mining in biodiversity hot spots would go a long way toward restoring ocean health, they say. (Photo by Stephen Coates/AFP/Getty Images) When New England fishers complained of working harder and harder to catch fewer and fewer fish, Spencer Baird assembled a scientific team to investigate. Though a fishery...
Oceans delay warming of Antarctic waters: study
2016-05-30 21:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Deep, cold ocean currents from the North Atlantic blunt the effect of global warming on Antarctica and slow the rise of sea levels, according to a study published Monday. This icy insulation of the snowy continent -- covered by a sheath of ice up to four kilometres (2.5 miles) thick -- could last for centuries, the research published in Nature Geoscience said. That's good news to hundreds of millions of people in low-lying regions who are threatened by seas set to rise up to a metre by the...
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There are 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating in our oceans. This map shows you where
2016-05-24 03:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: The internet abounds with articles about massive "islands" of plastic floating around in the middle of the ocean. This narrative conjures up images of trash piles congregated in certain locations, leaving the rest of the sea clear of debris. But the reality is much grimmer. A map from New Zealandbased data visualization firm Dumpark, reminds us that the ocean's plastic is not centralized, but rather is universally prevalent in tiny, confetti-like pieces. Each white dot in the map above...
Tourism Industry Protecting Our Oceans
2016-05-23 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: World Oceans Day, which takes place on Wednesday 8 June, is a chance to celebrate our seas and remember that it is our behaviour that impacts on the oceans survival. Our oceans come under significant strain from every day from overexploitation, illegal and unreported and unregulated fishing, marine pollution and climate change. However, despite the difficulties, some economic travel companies have implemented key initiatives to protect the worlds seas. From grey reef shark tagging and turtle...
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Do we really need a new U.N. oceans treaty? Yes, & here's why
2016-04-27 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The oceans are in bad shape. The high seas -- like the moon, outer space and Antarctica -- cant be claimed by any nation. They are areas beyond national jurisdiction, and therefore protecting them requires international cooperation. A new United Nations oceans treaty -- Agreement on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction -- would do just that, by focusing on greater biodiversity preservation. Life on Earth depends on the oceans....
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