Fighting Climate Change is not the only battle at COP24
Delegates representing 200 countries are just half way through their two-week long climate change conference in Katowice, Poland and they are already finding that fighting climate change is not the only battle they are confronting. Known as COP24, this is the most...
Stunning aerial images of whales, but why are they no longer singing?
Drones have captured new and stunning aerial Images of whales that are both spectacular and an aid for conservation.. “Seeing them from above, it’s giving you another complete view,” said Fabien Vivier, a PhD student at UH Manoa, Hawaii. “And...
The Effects of Global Warming on Marine Migrations
Weather that brings stronger and more frequent hurricanes, cyclones and droughts is not the only thing that is being altered by climate change. As ocean temperatures rise the we are seeing the effects of global warming on marine migrations. Marine Species on...
“World’s Greatest Sex Show” Coral Spawning on the Great Barrier Reef
It’s been called the world’s greatest sex show, but as we all know, romance can be temperamental. You need a full moon, of course. And the ocean temperature (above 26C) needs to be not too hot and not too cold. The tidal flow needs to be not too fast and not too slow....
The New Gold Rush: Part B, Is Deep Sea Mining Inevitable?
In the first part of The New Gold Rush we described how the world is running out of many of the “rare metals” that modern technology relies on. Complicating the supply is that up to 97% of this production is monopolized by China. To find new sources for these metals,...
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