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Global Ocean Commission established to protect international waters
Trawler boat, Creative Commons: Jon Anderson, 2007 February 12th marked the launch of the Global Ocean Commission, an independent organization that brings together high level political figures,...
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Commercial fishing photo
Commercial fishing Creative Commons: Derek Keats, 2011 Source: Flickr
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Fish in net photo
Fish trapped in a fishing net. Creative Commons: Derek Keats, 2011 Source: Flickr
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Deep ocean warming helps prove climate change is accelerating
Scientific ocean expedition by NOAA, Creative Commons: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ocean Explorer, 2012 A newly published study has revealed that deep ocean water greater than 700...
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Waves on lava flow rock photo
Waves on lava flow rock, Hawaii. Creative Commons: Steve Jurvetson, 2012 Source: Flickr
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Arctic ice photo
Arctic ice Creative Commons: US Geological Survey, 2008 Source: Flickr
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Great Barrier Reef photo
Ariel shot of Great Barrier Reef, Australia Creative Commons, 2012 Source: Flickr
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Arctic landscape photo
A 6km wide ice front of the Monacobreen glacier, northern Spitsbergen Creative Commons: Paul, 2007 Source: Flickr
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SLIDESHOW: The Future of our Oceans
Oceans are the Earth’s life-support system, covering 71% of our planet’s surface. They provide half of the world’s oxygen, regulate the global climate system, and directly support the life of nearly...
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New report exposes the Australian banks financing reef destruction
New report shows that Australia’s biggest banks are investing in projects damaging to the Great Barrier Reef. Creative Commons: 2010 A new report from Market Forces and 350.org, has exposed the role...
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Coral reef, Egypt photo
Coral reefs, Egypt Creative Commons: Ronald Eliassen Hole Source: Flickr
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Arctic faces threats from rapid ocean acidification
Researchers warn that the Arctic ocean is being made rapidly more acidic by carbon dioxide emissions. Creative Commons: NASA/Kathryn Hansen, 2011 The Arctic ecosystem, already under stress from record...
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Coral Reef photo
Coral reef ecosystem at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Creative Commons: Jim Maragos/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Source: Flickr
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Waves crashing photo
Waves crashing on the beach Creative Commons: Richard E Freeman, 2008 Source: Flickr
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Rate of ocean warming greater than previously estimated
New data finds the rate of warming in oceans is greater than previously thought. Creative Commons: Ronald Eilassen Hole By Kieran Cooke, reposted from Climate News Network In 1872 the H.M.S....
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Great Barrier Reef, underwater photo
Great Barrier Reef Creative Commons: 2008 Source: Flickr
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Sea levels may rise 2.3 metres per degree of global warming, warns report
The Antarctic ice sheet could contribute 50% to sea level rise. Creative Commons: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 2011 Authored by Alex Kirby, and re-posted from Climate News Network Each degree of...
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Sign the petition: Protect the Great Barrier Reef from coal expansion
New petition is calling on PM Kevin Rudd to say no to the Abbot Point coal expansion. Creative Commons: 2012 Australia’s legendarily irresponsible mining industry is set to build the world’s largest...
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Join the rally: Tell Australia’s politicians to protect the Great Barrier Reef
Groups will be rally in Brisbane on 25th August calling on politicians to unite to protect the Great Barrier Reef. Creative Commons: 2008 The Great Barrier Reef is under threat. Unprecedented and rapid...
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Shipping in the Marshall Islands photo
Ships on the horizon off the coast of the Marshall Islands Creative Commons: Kelly Rigg, 2013
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Marshall Island graves photo
Graves sat along the coastline of the Marshall Islands Creative Commons: Kelly Rigg, 2013
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Pacific Ocean photo
Looking out at the Pacific Ocean from the Marshall Islands Creative Commons: Kelly Rigg, 2013
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José María Figueres: IPCC climate science holds stark ocean truths
Jose Maria Figueres, Creative Commons: Jonan Basterra, 2009 Reposted from the Huffington Post Next Friday (Sept. 27), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will issue the finalized...
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Track the spill: NGO aims to crowdsource information on oil leaks
Crowd-sourcing technology could help concerned citizens protect the oceans from oil spills. Creative Commons: Louisiana GOHSEP, 2007 Following success mapping fracking in Pennsylvania, one...
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Abbot Point dredging decision multiplies threats to Great Barrier Reef
Australian authorities have approved a project to dump dredged sediment in the Great Barrier Reef marine park. Creative Commons: 2009 Australian authorities have approved a project to dump dredged...
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Global warming ‘slowdown’ due to unusually strong Pacific trade winds
Stronger Pacific winds could in part be responsible for the global warming slowdown since the turn of the century. Creative Commons: NOAA Ocean Explorer, 2012 Stronger Pacific winds could in part help...
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IPCC paints disturbing picture of climate change; governments must act
Civil society groups joining together in Japan to call for climate action. Courtesy of: Greenpeace/Jeremie Souteyrat The impacts of global warming are likely to be “severe, pervasive and irreversible.”...
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Add your name to protect the Great Barrier Reef
Creative Commons U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 2011 The Great Barrier Reef, the largest living organism on earth, is under threat, and governments are failing to act. Our partners at 1 Million...
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WWF: Arctic oil spill could spread 1,000 km
New research commissioned by WWF shows an oil spill in the Arctic could cross countries boundaries. Creative Commons: NOAA Photo Library, 2009 Oil from a spill or well blowout in Canada’s Beaufort Sea...
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Pacific Islands Forum urges tough action on climate change and ocean...
The 45th Pacific Islands Forum took place on Palau. Creative Commons: 2008 Pacific Island nations last week re-affirmed their commitment to tackling climate change, sea level rise and ocean...
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Climate change greatest threat to Great Barrier Reef
Climate change is the biggest threat to the Great Barrier Reef, according to a new report. Creative Commons: 2009 Climate change is the most serious threat facing the Great Barrier Reef, leaving the...
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Canary Island whale species facing growing oil threat
Pilot whales of the coast of the canary islands. Creative Commons: Tony Hisgett, 2007 The coastal waters of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands, are home to nearly a third of the world’s...
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Governments failing to halt biodiversity loss, warns UN report
Governments are failing to meet their targets on protecting biodiversity loss including their goal of slowing the loss of the world’s endangered species. Creative Commons: 2014 Governments are falling...
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Sea level rise in last century ‘unprecedented,’ say researchers
Researchers warn that rising temperatures has led to melting glaciers and ocean expansion, causing sea levels to rise at unprecedented rates. Creative Commons: Christopher Michel, 2005 The rise in sea...
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New global maps detail anthropogenic ocean acidification
New maps track global ocean acidification. Creative Commons: 2014 A team of scientists have published maps depicting the most comprehensive picture yet of global ocean acidification, providing a global...
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Global warming means double jeopardy for sea life
Creative Commons: NOAA’s National Ocean Service, 2011 Authored by Tim Radford, re-posted from Climate News Network Global warming is likely to drive marine creatures away from the equator in search of...
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Australia chooses coal over coral, spins Great Barrier Reef decline to UNESCO
Creative Commons: Jon Connell, 2007 Two reports have undermined the Abbott Government’s rosy claims about the health of Australia’s World Heritage Great Barrier Reef. The Queensland Auditor-General has...
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Great Barrier Reef avoids World Heritage downgrade, for now
Great Barrier Reef Creative Commons: 2011 UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee confirmed it would not list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” during a meeting in Bonn, Germany. However, while the...
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Too warm, too few fish: Health warning for world’s oceans
Creative Commons: Pedro Ribeiro Simões, 2010 Authored by Kieran Cooke, re-posted from Climate News Network The world’s oceans – covering nearly two-thirds of the Earth’s surface, and on which much of...
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Sign the pledge: Speak Up for the Ocean at COP21
“Quite simply, no ocean, no life. No blue, no green. If not for the ocean, there would be no climate to discuss,” Photo courtesy of Take Part. This winter, the United Nations Climate Change Conference...
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Oceans are heating up at the double
Creative Commons: Güldem Üstün, 2015 Authored by Tim Radford, re-posted from Climate News Network Ocean temperatures first collected during one of the great 19th-century voyages of exploration confirm...
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Sea level rise happening faster than anytime in nearly 3,000 years
Creative Commons: Chris Luczkow, 2009 Authored by Tim Radford, re-posted from Climate News Network Sea levels in the 20th century rose faster than at any time in the last 3,000 years. And in the 21st...
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Acid test shows real threat to coral reefs
Public Domain: NOAA’s National Ocean Service, 2016 Authored by Tim Radford, re-posted from Climate News Network Scientists from the US and Australian scientists have direct evidence that the increasing...
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Warming means unfair share for poor
Creative Commons: Dennis Jarvis, 2009 Authored by Tim Radford, re-posted from Climate News Network Climate change could seriously redistribute resources and reallocate wealth – but not in a fair way....
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Greenland’s darkening ice is melting faster
A scientist launches a measuring sensor into a meltwater river on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. Creative Commons: NASA/Goddard/Jefferson Beck, 2015 Authored by Tim Radford, re-posted from...
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Climate’s coral killers move in swiftly
Bleached coral off the coast of Queensland. Creative Commons: Matt Kieffer, 2009 Authored by Tim Radford, re-posted from Climate News Network Corals affected by mass bleaching on the northern Great...
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