#oceans News
Environmentalists are celebrating a Greek ban on bottom trawling and urging other nations to follow. Some scientists fear unintended consequences.
Carbon & Climate
Perfect storm: How climate change amplifies El Niño fallout
Scientists say a double whammy of climate change and El Niño lies behind a record-breaking year of extreme weather - and predict there's more to come.
Waste
Petrochemicals lobby ‘spreading misinformation, false solutions’ as plastic treaty talks begin
The number of plastics industry participants at the latest round of negotiations has increased by 37 per cent. Lobbyists are pushing recycling as a remedy to the plastic crisis, which NGOs decry as a "false solution" and demand deep cuts in polymer production to meet climate goals. Some fear that a legally binding treaty is unlikely.
Solar farms in the ocean could generate clean energy on a vast scale, but there are difficult waters to navigate first.
Carbon & Climate
Explainer: What warming oceans mean for our planet
#oceans Opinion
Carbon & Climate
Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?
We feel ecological grief when we lose places, species or ecosystems we value and love. These losses are a growing threat to mental health and wellbeing globally.
Carbon & Climate
How sea ice blew the socks off scientists
Not all Antarctic sea ice is the same. And the finer details are what scientists need to know more about to understand its impact on the climate system.
#oceans Videos
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Jack Johnson says yes, but it is a long road ahead. In this exclusive interview, we ask the American singer-songwriter and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador about his hopes for the state of the world and how music plays a role in providing a dose of optimism in dark times.
