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.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

Previous studies have quantified the share of increasing average temperatures, rising sea levels , and ocean acidification attributable to major industrial emitters. This latest study extends that analysis to the realm of wildfires.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

That is the stark consensus of the world's leading climate scientists in a landmark UN report today, which offers the clearest picture yet of both the scale of global warming already being experienced and the likely impacts of further temperature rises that are set to play out over the coming decades.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The ironic upside of the coronavirus is that it has exposed the fault lines in our civilizations and increased interest in science and fact-based government policy. Scientists have recently added to the body of evidence confirming global warming as the cause of previous extinction events.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Collated and published each year before the international negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), The Lancet ’s Countdown strongly emphasizes that tackling climate change would be a significant global health opportunity. The Lancet Via EurekAlert Image via Shutterstock.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Rising global temperatures are making oceans warmer through marine heatwaves. Warm ocean water is less likely to hold oxygen, leading to subsequent ocean acidification. Hence, for the 70-member coalition known as the Ocean and Climate Platform, the ocean’s sustainability comes into question.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Concerning the meat industry’s argument that some pastures cannot be used for other forms of agriculture, University of Oxford researcher Marco Springmann argues that “if everybody were to make the argument that ‘our pastures are the best and should be used for grazing’, then there would be no way to limit global warming.”

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