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5 Ways We Can Stop Ocean Acidification

The Environmental Blog

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.

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Ocean Conservation: Ocean Acidification and the Impacts of Fish Migration

Green Tech Challenge

Put simply, ocean acidification is the imbalance of chemical content in ocean water; whereby there is increased acidity, and upward temperature changes. The ocean has experienced a 26% pH drop in the last century. Ocean acidification has negative effects on sea-life and the ecosystem.

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'Concerning': Mackerel taken off sustainable seafood menu amid overfishing concerns

Business Green

That is the headline recommendation from the non-profit's latest ‘ Good Fish Guide ' today, which uses a traffic light system to help consumers and businesses make sustainable seafood choices depending on how or where a species is caught or farmed and covers all seafood sold or produced in the UK.

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L'Oréal embraces environmental labelling under revamped sustainability strategy

Business Green

2030 sustainability vision launched today by the beauty giant includes pledges to use only recycled or biobased packaging by the end of the decade and achieve carbon neutrality across its sites by 2025. Over the past decade, we have profoundly transformed our company, putting sustainability at the very core of our business model," she said.

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UN report: Ocean-based climate action could deliver a fifth of emissions cuts needed to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C

Envirotec Magazine

This is a key finding of a new scientific report, “The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: 5 Opportunities for Action” , published on 23 September at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York. This report signals an exciting new pathway to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future.

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Legal Action Against High Emitters Failing to Use Latest Climate Science, Study Finds

DeSmogBlog

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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Was the pandemic-driven emissions dip in 2020 just a blip?

Business Green

The WMO uses seven climate indicators to give a broad view of the global climate, and the level of GHG emissions is only one of them. The others are temperature, ocean heat, sea level, glacial mass, sea ice, and ocean acidification.