The global ocean surface temperature reached 21.1°C (70°F) in April, the highest recorded ocean surface temperature since records began.
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US Southeast and Gulf coast sea levels have risen about half an inch per year since 2010, researchers report.
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Imagine buying your ‘dream home’ along your favorite coastline. Your new home has a beautiful, wide-sandy-beach in front of the property. Your next-door neighbors, however, do not have sandy beaches because they…
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In his 2021 letter to CEOs, Larry Fink, the CEO and chairman of BlackRock, the world’s largest investment manager, wrote: “No issue ranks higher than climate change on our clients’…
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Wishcycling is putting something in the recycling bin and hoping it will be recycled, even if there is little evidence to confirm this assumption. Hope is central to wishcycling. People…
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The Xingu River is revered as the “house of God” by the Indigenous people living along its Volte Grande, or Big Bend, in the Brazilian Amazon. The river is essential…
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Tribes say the decision to reduce water flow “has more to do with potatoes than it does fish.”…
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New research introduces a concept called the “ecosystem wilting point,” which explains how whole forests respond to drought.
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Even after January’s storms, California faces a water-scarce future. An economist and an engineer propose a way to test higher water prices as a conservation strategy without hurting low-income users.
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Urban infrastructure was designed to take stormwater out to the ocean quickly. Now, California needs that precious water.
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In January 2019, the Korean-flagged fishing vessel Oyang 77 sailed south toward international waters off Argentina. The vessel had a known history of nefarious activities, including underreporting its catch and…
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Many sustainability-minded consumers likely assume that reusable products have fewer environmental impacts, but just how green are they? A new study uncovers some surprising and counterintuitive results. These consumers are…