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Most arctic ice at North Pole has vanished, warns polar explorerMost arctic ice at North Pole has vanished, warns polar explorer

Most arctic ice at North Pole has vanished, warns polar explorer

Robert Swan on an expedition (2041 Foundation) Robert Swan, the first person to walk to both the North and South…

4 years ago
Double whammy killed coral reefs off Texas coastDouble whammy killed coral reefs off Texas coast

Double whammy killed coral reefs off Texas coast

Photo: This colony of Spiny Flower Coral (Mussa angulosa) shows sections that are partially bleached, completely bleached, and even some…

5 years ago
Japan Wants to Dump Nuclear Plant’s Tainted Water. Fishermen Fear the Worst.Japan Wants to Dump Nuclear Plant’s Tainted Water. Fishermen Fear the Worst.

Japan Wants to Dump Nuclear Plant’s Tainted Water. Fishermen Fear the Worst.

Photo: Tatsuo Niitsuma and his wife, Yoko, in Iwaki, Japan, this month. Ko Sasaki for The New York Times The…

5 years ago
Too much salt: water desalination plants harm environment: U.N.Too much salt: water desalination plants harm environment: U.N.

Too much salt: water desalination plants harm environment: U.N.

FILE PHOTO: Workers walk outside a desalination plant, south of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 2011. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed OSLO (Reuters) -…

5 years ago
‘Only Option’: Japan May Dump Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water Into Pacific Ocean‘Only Option’: Japan May Dump Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water Into Pacific Ocean

‘Only Option’: Japan May Dump Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water Into Pacific Ocean

Photo: The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, seen on Feb. 22, 2016. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) Japan’s environment minister said the…

6 years ago
Safeguarding oceans from climate change a global responsibilitySafeguarding oceans from climate change a global responsibility

Safeguarding oceans from climate change a global responsibility

Article/op-ed by Seychelles President Danny Faure. Image Credit: Hugo A. Sanchez/©Gulf News There was a strong reason why I delivered…

6 years ago
Desalination Produces 50 Percent More Toxic Brine Than Previously ThoughtDesalination Produces 50 Percent More Toxic Brine Than Previously Thought

Desalination Produces 50 Percent More Toxic Brine Than Previously Thought

The world’s desalination plants, which use energy intensive processes to remove salt from water, produce enough toxic brine each year…

6 years ago
The Seafloor Is Dissolving Because of Climate ChangeThe Seafloor Is Dissolving Because of Climate Change

The Seafloor Is Dissolving Because of Climate Change

Carbon emissions are acidifying the ocean so quickly that the seafloor is disintegrating. According to a new study, ocean acidification…

6 years ago
This Remote Hawaiian Island Just VanishedThis Remote Hawaiian Island Just Vanished

This Remote Hawaiian Island Just Vanished

Photo: Before, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Scientists are concerned about what will happen to the hundreds of endangered species…

7 years ago
Three newspapers confront one challenge: Sea-level rise is realThree newspapers confront one challenge: Sea-level rise is real

Three newspapers confront one challenge: Sea-level rise is real

In August, 2017, a woman walks along a flooded sidewalk along Alton Road near Michigan Avenue in Miami Beach. New…

7 years ago