By Graham Readfearn, The Guardian Tour boat divers have long borne witness to mass bleaching events. Once reluctant to wade into discussions about global heating, they are now opening up. “You can see it on their faces,” says scuba diving instructor Elliot Peters. “There’s definitely some remorse and sadness.” Peters …
Are we breaking the Atlantic Ocean?
By Brian Resnick, Vox The climate change scenario that could chill parts of the world, explained. Of all the potential consequences of global warming, one of the most unexpected is that temperatures in some parts of the world could plummet. A recent paper in Science Advances outlined a scenario where, given enough ice melting …
Scientists Discovered the World’s Oldest Forest Hiding in England
By Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics Britain’s hidden trove of botanical fossils offers a glimpse into life before the dinosaurs. Since 2019, a fossil forest in upstate New York has been regarded as the oldest-known forest in the world. A new discovery in southwestern England shows that forests developed in the …
Why the US has artificial reefs made from sunken ships and voting machines
By D’Amy Steward and Avery Paxton, Freethink After a reef is created, fish can appear within minutes. When people hear about underwater reefs, they usually picture colorful gardens created from coral. But some reefs are anchored to much more unusual foundations. For more than a century, people have placed a …
Colorado could bring back wolverines in an unprecedented rewilding effort
By Christine Peterson, The Guardian Move would be the first return of the animal in North America and is part of ongoing effort to restore native species The Colorado proposal is part of a wolverine comeback after the species was largely trapped and poisoned out of the continental US a …
Hundreds of Thousands of Salmon Dead from ‘Gas Bubble Disease’ in US River
By Maanvi Singh, The Guardian Mass die-off in Klamath River caused by extreme changes in water pressure amid largest dam removal project in US history As many as hundreds of thousands of newly hatched Chinook salmon released into the Klamath River have died due to “gas bubble disease” caused by …
Aerial Surveys of Great Barrier Reef Ordered as Flights Show Extensive Coral Bleaching
By Graham Readfearn, The Guardian Helicopter flights over almost 50 reefs off the Queensland coast found bleaching in the south was “fairly uniform” Coral bleaching at Heron Island, off Gladstone in the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef seen last week. Conservationists fear a seventh mass bleaching event could …
This Chart of Ocean Temperatures Should Really Scare You
By Benji Jones, Vox The Atlantic Ocean is unusually warm right now. Here’s why scientists say that’s “deeply troubling.” Change in sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean relative to a historic baseline. Darker orange corresponds to areas that are abnormally warm, whereas blue indicates a region is abnormally …
Sea Cucumbers are the ‘Scum Suckers’ Corals Desperately Need
By Laura Baisas, Popular Science These blob-like invertebrates keep critical ecosystems clean. Sea cucumbers gobble up sediments on the ocean floor and on coral reefs. Georgia Tech/Clements et. al. 2024. Coral reefs all over the world are in serious danger. However, a critical way to keep reefs healthy likely comes from a …
‘Does Rewilding Sort Climate Change? Yes!’: UK Expert Says Nature Can Save Planet and Not Harm Farming
By Donna Ferguson, The Guardian Biodiversity campaigner Isabella Tree says wild areas work ‘hand in glove’ with food production as her Sussex estate boasts return of endangered species. The Knepp estate in West Sussex is home to the first white stork born in the wild in Britain for over 600 …