The Environmental Blog
JANUARY 20, 2022
Although it may not be discussed frequently, ocean acidification is one of the biggest problems humanity (and the environment) faces today. The rising acidity of the ocean is not only harming biodiversity and marine ecosystems, but is impacting human industries that rely on the ocean’s resources.
DeSmogBlog
MAY 15, 2023
New research for the first time links wildfire risks and impacts in western North America to carbon emissions traceable to the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies. Previous studies have quantified the share of increasing average temperatures, rising sea levels , and ocean acidification attributable to major industrial emitters.
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DeSmogBlog
APRIL 4, 2024
Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, a small number of fossil fuel entities — just 57 corporate and state producers — have been responsible for 80 percent of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Only in North America were a slim minority of carbon majors — 16 of 37 — linked to rising emissions. “It In the U.S.,
Eco-Business
OCTOBER 13, 2022
New research suggests that plastic could contribute to ocean acidification, especially in highly polluted coastal areas, through the release of organic chemical compounds and carbon dioxide, both of which can lower the pH of seawater.
Grist
MARCH 8, 2024
The move followed investigations showing that Exxon and other companies had known about the dangers of skyrocketing carbon emissions for decades, but publicly downplayed the threat. Last week, the companies asked the Supreme Court to toss that ruling. So far, this approach has seen some modest success.
Climate-KIC
JUNE 21, 2017
A frogfish finding shelter among bits of plastic is one of the winners of a World Oceans Day photography competition, announced at the United Nations earlier this month. The post Frogfish floating in litter’ winner at World Oceans Day appeared first on Climate-KIC.
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 28, 2021
Attempts to sue polluting companies and governments over their responsibility for climate change would have a greater chance of success if they made better use of the latest science, according to a study by Oxford University researchers. The study reviewed 73 climate litigation cases against polluters across 14 jurisdictions.
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