Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

Human-caused climate change is redistributing species across the globe, re-ordering ecological communities, and even driving genetic changes in some populations. We need to better understand these changes, and to adapt biodiversity conservation strategies to take them into consideration. Photo: UNESCO/David G.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The next week has the potential to bring important developments for international governance of marine carbon dioxide removal (CDR). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that CDR will be needed, alongside deep emissions cuts, to limit global warming to 1.5 Some are land-based, while others use the ocean.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 20, 2024

Ecojustice lawyers, representing Environmental Defence, filed an Application for Judicial Review this June, after Fisheries and Oceans Canada missed the mandatory Species at Risk Act deadline of April 3, 2024 to finalize the Recovery Strategy and Action Plan for the Redside Dace.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 5, 2022

Lacking faith in government, South Africans take it upon themselves to deliver basic necessities like water to their communities. Researchers, scientists, and government agencies are hoping to implement “smarter” technologies to monitor the Great Lakes. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. They are instead about which right a diverter has.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 29, 2023

This article is a summary of the third interview in a three-part interview series that explores how digitalization is reshaping environmental governance. These framings are a consequence of the tools we’ve chosen to use to measure climate change. I spoke with Sake Kruk who’s a Ph.D. Each approach has benefits and risks.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For ocean advocates like me who have been tracking the $1.5 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) rollout, the need for this long overdue investment in climate resilience is crystal clear. Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

World leaders, government officials and representatives from the private sector and civil society gathered in New York September 16 to 22 for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Week and New York Climate Week. Never miss an update Enter your email and never miss an update Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Take Action for Climate-Ready Fisheries. The ocean has buffered our planet from the impacts of climate change, absorbing much of the carbon dioxide we’ve emitted and a substantial amount of the heat from our warming atmosphere. The ocean is getting higher and hotter; it holds less oxygen; and it’s becoming more acidic.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 7, 2024

Creator: George Stoyle The oceans absorb large quantities of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activities. This “sink” function is so significant that, until 1957, one objection to a causal link between anthropogenic emissions and global warming was that the oceans would absorb most of the excess CO2, thus breaking this link.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 7, 2024

Their beauty is as equally notable as their importance to our ocean: Parrotfish are essential to the survival of coral habitats as they feed on algae that could otherwise suffocate the reefs. Love ocean content? Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 25, 2023

When you think of BIG ocean animals , you probably think of blue whales or whale sharks. But, there is a whole class of ocean animals that we should also be thinking of when it comes to size—marine invertebrates. And, when you focus on just the ocean—invertebrates constitute 92% of life in our ocean. Love ocean content?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

The reason for this long drought has a lot to do with changes in precipitation patterns and rising temperatures linked to human-caused climate change, but it also has to do with human decisions that have led to the overexploitation of water resources of our rivers, lakes, and groundwater and a lack of sufficient policies to protect these resources.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As deeply troubling reports continue to come in about ocean waters hitting historic hot temperatures, sectors like global shipping are trying to understand the consequences of a warmer ocean and what can be done to stop the heating. So, we’re seeing the ocean heat up, lose oxygen and get bigger. as a national policy leader.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 12, 2022

In October 2021, I had the honor of joining world leaders, activists and other representatives from non-governmental organizations in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as COP26). The central message of the conference was abundantly clear: the impacts of climate change are all around us.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Coastal fishing traditions that exist along the west coast are at risk to climate change. How do fishers view vulnerability and the impacts of climate change on fisheries? Views on ocean warming and fisheries. These communities depend on fishing for their livelihoods and traditional ways of life.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 1, 2022

Two reports published in the US look seriously at the practicalities and responsibilities of altering the ocean to tackle the climate crisis. It’s now widely acknowledged that to avoid catastrophic climate change we’ll need to physically remove CO2 from the atmosphere. The ocean as a carbon sink.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2023

Despite the ongoing debate on whether ITLOS has jurisdiction to issue an advisory opinion on climate change, if the Tribunal asserts jurisdiction (on jurisdiction, see here and here) , there is still much to uncover. Assuming the ITLOS will assert jurisdiction, this post’s objective is twofold. The question is divided into two parts.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

World leaders, government officials and representatives from the private sector and civil society gathered in New York September 16 to 22 for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Week and New York Climate Week. Never miss an update Enter your email and never miss an update Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Interested in understanding how climate change affects our groundwater and what it means for the environment and economy? Join PA Sea Grant and the Department of Environmental Protection for the upcoming Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum webinar on Groundwater and Climate Change on November 19 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 14, 2024

See more wonderful ocean animals! Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. However, in recent years, blooms of pyrosomes have been found as far north as Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska, and even in the Southern Ocean.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Governments watch as oil companies break the rules, raking in record profits while leaving an environmental disaster. It must be dismantled and rebuilt with a co-governing body, where downstream impacted Indigenous communities have policy-making authority and leadership roles,” said Jesse Cardinal, Executive Director at Keepers of the Water.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 25, 2024

And fifth, ethical governance and oversight, incorporating independent review and public accountability. There are also reasonable people already convinced that the present and predictable harms from climate change justify urgently investigating geoengineering options alongside pushing for faster emissions cuts.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 15, 2023

John Kerry speaks during the 2023 Our Ocean Conference, in Panama City, Panama. By Anders Lorenzen As a part of a landmark oceans agreement, the US has pledged $6 billion to protect oceans alongside tackling climate change. Photo credit: Reuters / Aris Martinez. We cannot fully address one without the other.”

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Sabin Center published a new report today recommending actions that federal agencies could take to ensure safe and responsible permitting and regulation of ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) research in U.S. A variety of ocean-based CDR approaches—i.e., Those activities could raise a host of legal issues. and the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 14, 2023

By Anya Blaney Ocean scientist and TNC in Washington trustee Marco Hatch creates opportunities for under-resourced students to pursue higher education while revitalizing ancestral clam gardens. As climate challenges unfold, clam gardens remain a testament to the resilience of Indigenous people and nature.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, it’s crucial that we shift energy production away from the unsustainable fossil fuels that cause climate change and towards those that release little to no greenhouse gases (GHG), such as solar and wind power. Key Announcements. Momentum Toward COP27.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2023

On June 30, Ocean Networks Canada's CEO Dr. Kate Moran was recognized for her contributions to support ocean and planet sustainability with her appointment as Officer of the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 29, 2022

Earlier this month, ocean leaders from governments, businesses and expert organizations around the world gathered for the seventh annual Our Ocean Conference in the island nation of Palau. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © Felipe Victoria(Ocean Conservancy). Stay current.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In a blog post last month, I wrote about the growing interest in ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR), and the complex legal issues it raises. Much of the legal complexity surrounding ocean CDR stems from the fact that the ocean is a shared resource in which all countries, both coastal and landlocked, have an interest.

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HumanNature

APRIL 10, 2023

Student in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University Most people remember the water cycle they learned in school: water evaporates from lakes, rivers, and the ocean, air carrying this moisture rises, cools, condenses, and forms clouds, and these clouds precipitate water back down to the surface. C temperature target.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

But plastics present a much broader threat to our ocean, climate and marginalized coastal communities. More plastic means more pollution—for the climate, coastal communities and our ocean. This current legislation provides an opportunity for government leaders, and all of us, to have their backs in advancing their fights.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 18, 2022

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released its sixth assessment of climate change, comprised of three separate reports presenting the latest science on climate change, related impacts, adaptation, vulnerability , and mitigation at a time when more and more people are pressing for climate action.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 15, 2022

Despite scientists’ dire warnings about the impacts of climate change, the anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions that cause it continue to increase. Emissions reductions are essential but will not be enough to stave off the worst effects of climate change. law to different ocean CDR techniques.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2021

The significance of the ocean to humanity cannot be overstated, whether it is regulating Earth’s climate, providing food to billions or helping society transition to renewable, fossil fuel-free energy. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. © Daniel Sebastian Padilla Ochoa/Ocean Conservancy.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

Governments are, it seems, beginning to listen to the growing chorus of scientists who have warned that deploying CDR is essential to avoid catastrophic climate change. Government funding for research and deployment of CDR is increasing. Yet, key issues around definitions, guidance, and climate governance remain.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This blog was written by Michele Conrad, advisor to Ocean Conservancy on achieving priority fish conservation and ecosystem goals on the West Coast. As a former state ocean policy manager, Michele represented the State of Washington on the Pacific Fishery Management Council for 15 years before starting her own consultancy.

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Real Climate

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It is noteworthy not because it contains anything new (it doesn’t), but because despite clearly violating the established standards of good scientific practice, it was published by a government agency. Figure 1: Map of observed near-surface air temperature changes since the late 19 th Century. It’s not hard to understand.

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